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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 6 more | 17 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.