Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2008, 5:51 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 10, 2008, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2008, 5:51 AM CST (11:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2008, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 9:56 AM CST
- In force
- 116 min
- 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, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 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 101151 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 551 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WHICH WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ031-046-065-066-078>081-088>090-101800- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.080110T1400Z-080110T1800Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 551 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BY NOON THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BURGERT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 101556 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 956 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...STRONG WINDS HAVE MOVED EAST... .AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES QUICKLY INTO EASTERN KANSAS...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO SLACKEN. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY HOWEVER INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. KSZ031-046-065-066-078>081-088>090-101700- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080110T1800Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 956 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS ARE NOW BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ TB
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.