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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 8, 2007Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2007, 3:54 AM CST for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It took effect at Jan 8, 2007, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2007, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 8, 2007, 2:54 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2007-01-08Temperature 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 2007-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 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 080954
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
354 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL BUFFET PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...

.NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TODAY. A BAND OF STRONG WINDS WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL MOVE
OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS LATE
THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WORK DOWN TO THE
SURFACE BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-081800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.070108T1700Z-070108T2300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS
354 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY, BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATE
IN THE 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.

$$

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 081736
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1136 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL BUFFET PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...

.AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL MOVE OUT
OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. 

KSZ030-031-082300-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070108T2300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS
1136 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007

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

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS BEGIN TO
DIMINISH BY LATE IN THE 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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 082054
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
254 PM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED...

.NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SETTLED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THUS, THE
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

KSZ030-031-082200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070108T2300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS
254 PM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON.

$$
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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.