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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 20, 200815 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2008, 2:54 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 20, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2008, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 20, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2008-04-20Temperature 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 2008-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
3055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 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 200754
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
254 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A DEEPENING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WILL
CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. 

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-201600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.080420T1700Z-080421T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-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...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
254 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

06
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 201558
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1058 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008

...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW THIS AFTERNOON...

.A DEEPENING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WILL
CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH
WINDS.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-210000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.080420T1700Z-080421T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-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...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1058 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTY RANGE 
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

12
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 201945
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
245 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2008

...REALLY STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED...

.WIND SPEEDS HAVE NOT INCREASED AS HIGH AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST.
THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS NOT AS TIGHT AS PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT...AND THUS WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT AS HIGH AS EXPECTED.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-202045-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080421T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-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...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
245 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS ARE BELOW...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW...
ADVISORY CRITERIA. NONETHELESS...THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WILL
BE WINDY WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH.

$$

12

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 2:46 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 6 more17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.