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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2008, 2:09 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 1, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2008, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 8:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
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, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 3615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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 011909 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 209 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON... .A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-020200- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.080501T2100Z-080502T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 209 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /109 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW DRY THUNDERSHOWERS MAY ALSO FORM AND COULD HAVE SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 06
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 020135 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 835 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT MORE STRONG WINDS FRIDAY... .THE CENTER OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THIS STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. BEHIND THE LOW...AN INTENSE DEEP LAYER PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW FOR VERY STRONG WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-021000- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080502T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0022.080502T1500Z-080503T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 835 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /735 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 55 MPH RANGE. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION FRIDAY. IF YOU DRIVE A LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION IN AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. $$ KSZ066-081-090-021000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0022.080502T1500Z-080503T0200Z/ STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 835 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT FRIDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY DURING THE MID-MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 55 MPH RANGE. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION FRIDAY. IF YOU DRIVE A LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION IN AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. $$ UMSCHEID
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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.