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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2008, 3:48 AM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2008, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2008, 9:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 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 170848 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 348 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY... .EXPECT STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER TRACKS EASTWARD ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-084>088-172100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.080417T1200Z-080418T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 348 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 /248 AM MDT THU APR 17 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 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 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH TODAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 12
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 171455 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 955 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. AS A RESULT, THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS HAS BEGUN TO LOOSEN ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-084>088-171600- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080418T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 955 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 /855 AM MDT THU APR 17 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THUS, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 12:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 17 more | 7 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.