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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 26, 200627 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2006, 2:49 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 26, 2006, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2006, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 26, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 26, 2006, 5:34 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 260849
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
249 AM CST THU JAN 26 2006

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
CROSSES COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE
INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE AFTER 9 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER 4
PM AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW 25 MPH BY 6 PM.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-261700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.060126T1500Z-060127T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
249 AM CST THU JAN 26 2006 /149 AM MST THU JAN 26 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE AFTER 9 AM...WITH
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE LATE IN THE DAY AND FALL BELOW 25 MPH BY 6 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

18/12
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 261653
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1053 AM CST THU JAN 26 2006

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WERE DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS. SOUTH WINDS
OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER 4 PM AND
ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW 25 MPH BY 6 PM.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060127T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1053 AM CST THU JAN 26 2006 /953 AM MST THU JAN 26 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH WIND
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
LATE IN THE DAY AND FALL BELOW 25 MPH BY 6 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

UMSCHEID
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 262334
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
534 PM CST THU JAN 26 2006

...STRONG WINDS WERE DECREASING...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SLOWLY RELAX ALLOWING THE WINDS TO
DECREASE AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY MOVE
NORTHEAST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-270045-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060127T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
534 PM CST THU JAN 26 2006 /434 PM MST THU JAN 26 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE WINDS WERE SLOWLY FALLING BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.