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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 20, 2008, 3:49 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2008, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 20:49 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, 8.8 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
- 2090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 202049 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND INTO THE WESTERN STATES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS IT DOES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-210500- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.080521T1700Z-080522T0100Z/ 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 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008 /249 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. $$ GERARD
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 210238 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 938 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND INTO THE WESTERN STATES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS IT DOES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-211100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.080521T1700Z-080522T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 938 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008 /838 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. $$
000 WWUS73 KDDC 210830 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...EXPECT A VERY WINDY AFTERNOON TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES EASTWARD FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL STEADILY TIGHTEN TODAY...BRINGING STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO WESTERN KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-211900- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.080521T1700Z-080522T0100Z/ 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 330 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 /230 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WHICH CAN MAKE TRAVEL QUITE DIFFICULT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. $$ 12
000 WWUS73 KDDC 211745 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1245 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...EXPECT STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES EASTWARD FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW IN EASTERN COLORADO WILL INFLUENCE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. AS A RESULT, EXPECT STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-220100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-080522T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 1245 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 /1145 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WHICH CAN MAKE TRAVEL QUITE DIFFICULT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. $$ 32
000 WWUS73 KDDC 220108 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 808 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...WINDS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA... .WINDS WERE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-220215- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-080522T0100Z/ 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 808 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 /708 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT SINCE THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 11:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 26 hr |
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.