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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 20089 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2008, 3:54 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2008, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2008-04-30Temperature 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 2008-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 300854
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
354 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL
AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN
WINDS INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-301830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.080430T1900Z-080501T0000Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
354 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM AND
THEN START TO FALL BACK INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE.

NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN
FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION
UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$


18
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 301812
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
112 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE
IN WINDS INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-010000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.080430T1900Z-080501T0000Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
112 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM AND
THEN START TO FALL BACK INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE.

NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN
FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

06
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 010009
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH...

.SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THIS EVENING BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.

KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-010115-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-080501T0000Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
709 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING WITH
SOME OCCASIONALLY STRONGER GUSTS.

$$

GERARD

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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.