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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 16, 200727 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2007, 10:53 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 16, 2007, 3:02 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2007, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2007, 3:02 PM CST
Expired
Feb 16, 2007, 8:40 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2007-02-16Temperature 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 2007-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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 161653
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1053 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MOST OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON SUBSIDENCE WILL DEVELOP LLOWING FOR STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN START TO TAPER OFF.

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-077>081-170100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.070216T2200Z-070217T0400Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
1053 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 3 PM AND THEN INCREASE INTO THE 25
TO 35 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAKEENEY
TO LACROSSE.

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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 162042
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
242 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON SUBSIDENCE WILL DEVELOP ALLOWING FOR STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN START TO TAPER OFF.

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-077>081-170400-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.070216T2200Z-070217T0400Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
242 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAKEENEY
TO LACROSSE THROUGH 10 PM.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 162102
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
302 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON SUBSIDENCE WILL DEVELOP ALLOWING FOR STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN START TO TAPER OFF.

KSZ061-074>076-084>090-170400-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.070216T2200Z-070217T0400Z/
HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
302 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007 /202 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAKEENEY
TO LACROSSE THROUGH 10 PM.

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.

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-077>081-170400-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.070216T2200Z-070217T0400Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
302 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAKEENEY
TO LACROSSE THROUGH 10 PM.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 170240
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
840 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007

...WINDS WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...

.AS THE SUN SETS...STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE NO LONGER
MIX DOWN. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STAY STRONG AND WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT...BUT SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-170345-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070217T0400Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
840 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007 /740 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

BREEZY WINDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 TO
35 MPH WILL BLOW OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.