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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 6, 20078 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2007, 4:12 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2007, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2007, 1:40 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2007-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 454 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 060912
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
412 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY OVER
THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY...AND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
WILL EXTEND SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES. THIS
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER WESTERN KANSAS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
DURING THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND DOWNWARD MIXING OF HIGH WINDS ALOFT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND
POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-061715-
/O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0002.070606T1600Z-070607T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0002.070606T1600Z-070607T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
412 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 /312 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME
GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE
SECURED NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.
TRAVEL WITH HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY LOADED VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED
WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

$$

KSZ065-066-079>081-088>090-061715-
/O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0002.070606T1600Z-070607T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.070606T1600Z-070607T0400Z/
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
412 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
TO NEAR 50 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS GRADUALLY WILL DIMINISH
BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE
SECURED NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THE STRONG WINDS
DEVELOP. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY
LOADED VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON
EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.



$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 061649 AAA
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1149 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY
OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY...WHILE A DEEP LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH EXTENDED SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES. THIS
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN KANSAS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT AND DOWNWARD MIXING OF HIGH WINDS ALOFT WILL PRODUCE
STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-070100-
/O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
1149 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 /1049 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS POSSIBLY
AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE
SECURED NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.
TRAVEL WITH HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY LOADED VEHICLES IS
DISCOURAGED WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

$$

KSZ065-066-079>081-088>090-070100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0400Z/
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1149 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH AFTERNOON. THE WINDS GRADUALLY WILL DIMINISH BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.

ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE
SECURED NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THE STRONG WINDS
DEVELOP. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY
LOADED VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON
EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 061840
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
140 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN
RAPIDLY OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY...WHILE A DEEP LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE
ROCKIES. THIS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO
CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN KANSAS. IN THE
UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF
THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND DOWNWARD MIXING OF HIGH WINDS
ALOFT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER MUCH
OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

KSZ065-066-079>081-088>090-070245-
/O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0400Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
140 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH AFTERNOON. THE WINDS GRADUALLY WILL DIMINISH
DURING THE EVENING.

ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE
SECURED NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.
TRAVEL WITH HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY LOADED VEHICLES IS
DISCOURAGED WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-070245-
/O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
140 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 /1240 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE
SECURED NOW TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.
TRAVEL WITH HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY LOADED VEHICLES IS
DISCOURAGED WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:12 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more16 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.