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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 17, 200710 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2007, 9:20 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 110 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2007, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2007, 11:10 PM CDT
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2007-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 180220
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
920 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY...

.STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH AN AREA OF DECAYING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM WILL TIGHTEN RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THESE
WINDS WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD WESTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING
THURSDAY.

KSZ064>066-078>081-088>090-181030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.071018T0220Z-071018T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.071018T1500Z-071019T0000Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
920 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH.

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

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074>077-084>087-181030-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.071018T1500Z-071019T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
920 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 /820 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH.

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

$$

06
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 180410
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1110 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY...

.A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL TIGHTEN RESULTING IN
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD
WESTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING THURSDAY.

KSZ064>066-078>081-088>090-181215-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071018T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.071018T1500Z-071019T0000Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
1110 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH.

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

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074>077-084>087-181215-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.071018T1500Z-071019T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
1110 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 /1010 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH.

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

$$

06

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis33 min
Oct 17, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee49 min
Oct 17, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford42 min

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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.