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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 2, 200812 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2008, 4:24 PM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2008, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2008, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2008, 8:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 12:40 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2008-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-504 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 022224
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
424 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO BUFFET SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG NORTH WINDS TONIGHT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-077>079-030630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.080303T0200Z-080303T1200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-
EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS
424 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY. 

NORTH WINDS WILL HOWL AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
THROUGH 6 AM. A FEW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR.

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 030321
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
921 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL SCOUR SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM CROSSING THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE STRONG
NORTH WINDS TONIGHT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-077>079-031145-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T1200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-
EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS
921 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. 

NORTH WINDS WILL HOWL AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH THROUGH 6 AM. A FEW FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR.

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

$$

12
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 030640
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1240 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...

.A WEAKENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS ALLOWED SURFACE WINDS
TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-077>079-030745-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T1200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-
EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS
1240 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

A WEAKENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS ALLOWED SURFACE WINDS
TO GRADUALLY DROP IN STRENGTH ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WIND
SPEEDS ARE NO LONGER ABOVE WIND AVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:17 AM CSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more23 hr
Mar 2, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber23 min
Mar 2, 4:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber18 min

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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.