Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 11 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
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.