Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2008, 3:27 AM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 11, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2008, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 6:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 110827 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 327 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TODAY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. IN ADDITION...MIXING WILL ALONG STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-111630- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.080411T1500Z-080412T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 327 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 /227 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. ALREADY BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING...REACHING THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY THE EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 111332 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 832 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TODAY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. IN ADDITION...MIXING WILL ALONG STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-112300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.080411T1500Z-080412T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 832 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 /732 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING...REACHING THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY THE EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 18
000 WWUS73 KDDC 112029 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 329 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN EARLY THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-120000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 329 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 /229 PM MDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE BY 7 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 18
000 WWUS73 KDDC 112321 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 621 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...STRONG WINDS DECREASING... .AS THE SUN SETS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-120030- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 621 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 /521 PM MDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ 06
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.