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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 30, 20075 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 30, 2007, 3:31 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 30, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2007, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 30, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2007-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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 2007-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 300831
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
331 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS...

.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN COLORADO WILL
MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA BY THIS EVENING. AT THE
SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON...AND
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS. VERY STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY OVER NORTHERN KANSAS. WITH
CLEARING SKIES LATER THIS MORNING...SURFACE HEATING WILL SUPPORT
MIXING OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWNWARD TO THE SURFACE. THE WIND
WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

KSZ030-031-045-046-065-301645-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.070930T1500Z-070930T2000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...
BURDETT
331 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS MORNING AS A
PACIFIC COLD FRONT PASSES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 301631
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1131 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS...

.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL
MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA BY THIS EVENING. AT THE
SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON WHILE A
PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS.
VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY OVER
NORTHERN KANSAS. AS SKIES CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON...SURFACE HEATING
WILL SUPPORT MIXING OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWNWARD TO THE SURFACE.
THE WIND WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

KSZ030-031-045-046-065-302000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-070930T2000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...
BURDETT
1131 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A COLD FRONT PASSAGE HAS SWITCHED STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton43 min
Sep 29, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton30 min
Sep 29, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny26 min

Nearby

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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.