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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 29, 200718 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2007, 12:45 PM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2007, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
2665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 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 291845
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1245 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THE
REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...

.A DEEPENING LEE-SIDE TROUGH WILL RESULT IN A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS OUR REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-300000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.071129T1845Z-071130T0000Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1245 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007 /1145 AM MST THU NOV 29 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF TODAY.  

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

$$

EKB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 300001
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. BY SATURDAY...A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO.
THIS WILL BRING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN KANSAS.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG DURING THE DAY ON
SATURDAY.  

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-300815-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-071130T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0003.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
601 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007 /501 PM MST THU NOV 29 2007/

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON. 

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT.  WINDS WILL
STRENGTHEN AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$

KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-300815-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0003.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
601 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 2:38 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more14 hr

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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.