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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2008, 9:55 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 2903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 050255 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 955 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS WILL DEEPEN TOMORROW. AS A RESULT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AFTERNOON MIXING WILL ALSO HELP BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-074>081-084>090-051100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.080405T1700Z-080406T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-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...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...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 955 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 26
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 050901 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 401 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL DEEPEN FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY MIDDAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALSO HELP BRING STRONGER WIND GUSTS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-074>081-084>090-051715- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.080405T1700Z-080406T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 401 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GERARD
000 WWUS73 KDDC 051700 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1200 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL DEEPEN FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY MIDDAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALSO HELP BRING STRONGER WIND GUSTS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-074>081-084>090-060000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080406T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-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...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...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 1200 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 32
000 WWUS73 KDDC 052350 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 650 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ...WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DECLINE THIS EVENING... .AS THE SUN SETS AND THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT RELAXES...WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO RELAX AND DECLINE. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-074>081-084>090-060100- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080406T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 650 PM CDT SAT APR 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY FALL INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING...THEN INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 18 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.