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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 17, 200821 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2008-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott49 min
Apr 16, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee47 min
Apr 16, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott42 min
Apr 16, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush52 min
Apr 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott43 min
Apr 17, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton40 min
Apr 17, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott45 min
Apr 17, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush36 min
Apr 17, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny48 min
Apr 17, 1:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Kearny41 min
Apr 17, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford39 min
Apr 17, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush48 min
Apr 17, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell51 min
Apr 17, 12:28 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 17 more7 hr

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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.