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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 3, 200727 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2007, 1:41 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2007, 1:41 AM CST (07:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
In force
9 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 07:43 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, 7.7 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-03Temperature 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 2007-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
2403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 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 030741
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS RETURN TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS
MORNING...

.STRONG WINDS BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DECREASING BY THIS AFTERNOON. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-031700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.070303T0741Z-070303T1700Z/
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
141 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 /1241 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO OVER 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD SETTLE INTO
THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE TOWARDS NOON.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 031648
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1048 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007

...STRONG WINDS DECREASING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RELAXING AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-031800-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070303T1700Z/
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
1048 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 /948 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING. 

THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE
AFTERNOON WEARS ON. IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY FROM 15 TO 30 MPH BUT
WILL BE UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA, SO THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY
WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST.

$$

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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.