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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 3, 200716 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2007, 10:45 AM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2007-04-03Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 031545
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1045 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...NORTH WINDS BLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS IS BUILDING INTO WESTERN
KANSAS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA
WILL BE TIGHT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES TO BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-031900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.070403T1545Z-070403T1900Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
1045 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER 2 PM AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS.

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

$$

LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 031850
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
150 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WINDS SUBSIDING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS SLACKENED DURING THE DAY ACROSS KANSAS.
THIS HAS ALLOWED THE WINDS TO DROP TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 PM.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-032000-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070403T1900Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
150 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 PM.
HOWEVER, GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED FOR THE
BULK OF THE AFTERNOON.

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 11 more17 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.