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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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
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.