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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 13, 200721 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2007, 4:31 AM CST for 21 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2007, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2007-02-13Temperature 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 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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 131031
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
431 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...STRONG NORTH WINDS USHER IN COLDER WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING IS
PRODUCING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN KANSAS AS ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND IT. STRONG
NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BEFORE SUBSIDING BELOW CRITERIA AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-131400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.070213T1031Z-070213T1400Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
431 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW 30 MPH BY AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING.

DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS THIS MORNING WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO
THE WIND AND THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THAT MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.

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.

$$

LACY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 131346
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
746 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...STRONG NORTH WINDS USHER IN COLDER WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING IS
PRODUCING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN KANSAS AS ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND IT.
STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING BELOW CRITERIA AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM
THE AREA.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-131800-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
746 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW 30 MPH BY AROUND NOON.

DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS THIS MORNING WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO
THE WIND AND THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THAT MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.

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.

$$

LACY
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 131756
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1156 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND SPEEDS GRADUALLY DECREASING...

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

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-131900-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070213T1800Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1156 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

$$

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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.