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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2008, 10:42 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 26, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2008, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 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, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 261542 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1042 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND CAUSE STRONG NORTH WINDS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AND ADD TO THE WINDS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-270100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.080426T2000Z-080427T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1042 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 /942 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO HAYS LINE AROUND 4 PM CDT...THEN THROUGH MEDICINE LODGE BY 7 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD ADD TO THESE WINDS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 06
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 262008 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 308 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND CAUSE STRONG NORTH WINDS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AND ADD TO THE WINDS. KSZ064-078>080-270100- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0003.080426T2008Z-080426T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-080427T0100Z/ HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND 308 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 65 MPH AS A STRONG COLD ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-065-066-074>077-081-084>090-270100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-080427T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 308 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 /208 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO HAYS LINE AROUND 4 PM CDT...THEN THROUGH MEDICINE LODGE BY 7 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD ADD TO THESE WINDS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 06/23
000 WWUS73 KDDC 262123 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 422 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND CAUSE STRONG NORTH WINDS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AND ADD TO THE WINDS. KSZ064-078>080-270100- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080426T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-080427T0100Z/ HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND 422 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. A WIND... HOWEVER...ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH 8 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-065-066-074>077-081-084>090-270100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-080427T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 422 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 /322 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH A MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO HAYS LINE AROUND 4 PM CDT...THEN THROUGH MEDICINE LODGE BY 7 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD ADD TO THESE WINDS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 06
000 WWUS73 KDDC 270100 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 800 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE DIMINISHING... KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-270200- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-080427T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 800 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 /700 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER CONTINUE TO SEE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH BUT THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL SEE WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 75 min |
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.