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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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. $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:17 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 18 min |
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.