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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 16, 200822 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2008, 1:33 AM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2008, 1:33 AM CST (07:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2008, 9:19 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties

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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2008-01-16Temperature 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 2008-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 160733
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
133 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT...

.GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL FOLLOW A
STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS
EARLY THIS MORNING.

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-161200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.080116T0733Z-080116T1200Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
133 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008 /1233 AM MST WED JAN 16 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP
BEHIND A COLD FRONT AS IT CROSSES SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE
GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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.

$$


BURGERT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 161055
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
455 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS
OVERNIGHT...

.GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL FOLLOW A
STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS
EARLY THIS MORNING.

KSZ031-046-065-066-079-161600-
/O.EXB.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080116T1600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS
455 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP
TOWARDS DAYBREAK BEHIND A COLD FRONT AS IT CROSSES CENTRAL KANSAS
EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS LIGHT SNOW STARTS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.

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.

$$

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-161600-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080116T1600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
455 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008 /355 AM MST WED JAN 16 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
THIS MORNING. 

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH CAN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS LIGHT SNOW STARTS TO
DEVELOP.


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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 161519
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
919 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DOMINATE TODAY...

.SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAD BEGUN ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS
ALONG WITH AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO THE EAST OF THE SNOW.
WINDS WILL STILL REMAIN ABOVE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA HOWEVER THE
HAZARD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS BEING HANDLED VIA THE WINTER
WEATHER MESSAGE PRODUCT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>079-084>087-161630-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080116T1600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
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...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER
919 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008 /819 AM MST WED JAN 16 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS REPLACED THE WIND ADVISORY.

$$

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.