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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 10, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, 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, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 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 100900 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...COLD FRONT TO USHER IN VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH ACROSS KANSAS DURING THE TODAY. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WEST OF THIS LOW COMBINED WITH FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE RISES WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-101700- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.080510T1400Z-080511T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 400 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /300 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER 8 AM CDT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-101700- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.080510T1700Z-080511T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 400 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER 11 AM CDT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND MUCH OF THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ UMSCHEID
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 101645 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1145 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...COLD FRONT TO USHER IN VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH ACROSS KANSAS DURING THE TODAY. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS IN THE WAKE OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WEST OF THIS LOW COMBINED WITH FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE RISES WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-110000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1145 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /1045 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-110045- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.080510T1700Z-080511T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1145 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND MUCH OF THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$
000 WWUS73 KDDC 101649 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1149 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...COLD FRONT TO USHER IN VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH ACROSS KANSAS DURING THE DAY TODAY. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS IN THE WAKE OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WEST OF THIS LOW COMBINED WITH FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE RISES WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-110000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1149 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /1049 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-110100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.080510T1700Z-080511T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1149 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND MUCH OF THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$
000 WWUS73 KDDC 102356 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 656 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE IN CENTRAL KANSAS... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE WILL BE SLOW TO SLACKEN OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT PULL AWAY FROM FAR WESTERN KANSAS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-110100- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 656 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /556 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-110300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080511T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 656 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ 12
000 WWUS73 KDDC 110252 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 952 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE DOWN TONIGHT... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WAS BUILDING INTO WESTERN KANSAS FROM THE NORTH. THIS WILL ALLOW NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO STEADY DECREASE...BECOMING 10 MPH OR LESS BY MORNING. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-110400- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080511T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 952 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WERE SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. BY MORNING...EXPECT NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ 12
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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.