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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 1, 200614 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2006, 3:58 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2006, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2006, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 1, 2006, 4:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2006-03-01Temperature 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 2006-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 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 010958
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
358 AM CST WED MAR 1 2006

...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT
TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ALLOWING
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO MOVE IN BEHIND IT. WITH LOW PRESSURE IN
THE EASTERN PLAINS...THIS WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND BRING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-011800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.060301T1500Z-060301T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
358 AM CST WED MAR 1 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 011809
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1209 PM CST WED MAR 1 2006

...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO HOWL BEHIND A COLD FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON...

.A COLD FRONT CONTINUED TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO MOVE IN BEHIND
IT. WITH LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN PLAINS...THIS HAS CREATED A
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BRINGING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATE
AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-012200-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060301T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1209 PM CST WED MAR 1 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON.

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 012132
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
332 PM CST WED MAR 1 2006


KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-012245-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060301T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
332 PM CST WED MAR 1 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

WINDS WILL REMAIN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH 6
PM AND THEN DECREASE QUICKLY TO 10 TO 20 MPH...THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST. 

$$
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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.