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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 200827 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 11, 2008, 3:18 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2008, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2008, 10:57 PM CDT
In force
20 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 08:19 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2008-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2763 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2763 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
17.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 110818
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
318 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY. AS A
RESULT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.


KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111815-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.080611T0818Z-080612T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
318 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 /218 AM MDT WED JUN 11 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. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE
AREA...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION BY MID TO LATE
MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS
THIS REGION.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 111654
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A
RESULT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

KSZ030-031-043>045-061>064-074>077-111800-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 /1054 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS HAD DECREASED INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH
RANGE. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
$$

KSZ046-065-066-078>081-084>090-120100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0200Z/
RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...
BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 111950
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
250 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS
A RESULT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

KSZ046-065-066-078>081-084>090-120200-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0200Z/
RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...
BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
250 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

06
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 120126
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. AS A
RESULT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WITH NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN AND FAR SOUTHWEST
KANSAS. 

KSZ046-065-066-120230-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0200Z/
RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...
BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON
826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

KSZ062>064-074>077-120400-
/O.EXB.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0400Z/
KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA
826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KSZ078>081-084>090-120400-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0400Z/
FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT SIMILAR SPEEDS
LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH BY 11 PM.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 120357
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1057 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WINDS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING...

.WINDS WERE SUBSIDING TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS EVENING.

KSZ062>064-074>081-084>090-120500-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080612T0400Z/
KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1057 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:01 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens18 hr
Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush49 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush43 min
Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCRush5 hr
Jun 11, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush46 min

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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.