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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 10, 200811 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2008-01-10Temperature 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 2008-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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

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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.