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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 2, 200712 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2007, 3:36 AM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2007, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2007, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2007, 7:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2007-03-02Temperature 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 2007-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 021651
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
336 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...EXPECT A WINDY AFTERNOON TODAY...

.THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES AND BY NOON WIND SPEEDS WILL MEET THE ADVISORY
CRITERIA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE BY 7 PM THIS
EVENING...BUT REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-079>081-021900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.070302T1800Z-070303T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
336 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH
GUST TO OVER 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD SETTLE INTO
THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

12
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 021829
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1229 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...A WINDY AFTERNOON IS IN STORE FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL REMAIN TIGHT
DUE TO A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS
THE SUN SETS.

KSZ043-044-030100-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070303T0100Z/
SCOTT-LANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON
1229 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD SETTLE
INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-079>081-030100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070303T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
1229 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD SETTLE
INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING.

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 030107
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
707 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...

KSZ030-031-043>046-064>066-079>081-030215-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070303T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT
707 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
BUT GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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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.