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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 12, 20089 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jul 12, 2008, 9:09 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2008, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 297 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 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
297 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 121409
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL
MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE MORNING...AND A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA AND THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT NORTHWEST OF THE
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING.

KSZ063-075>078-085>088-121700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.080712T1409Z-080712T1700Z/
FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
909 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.TAKE ACTION TO SECURE 
TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 121653
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1153 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER
WESTERN KANSAS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

KSZ063-075>078-085>088-121800-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-080712T1700Z/
FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1153 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY. 

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GRADUALLY WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN
10 MPH BY EVENING.

$$

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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.