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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 1, 200819 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 1, 2008, 3:21 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 1, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2008, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 6:37 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties 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, 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), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2008-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 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 2008-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 010821
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
321 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...WINDS WILL REALLY BLOW THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AND CAUSE SOUTH WINDS TO
INCREASE INTO THE ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WEST OF A LACROSSE TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE LINE. THE WINDS
WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT AFTER 8 PM CDT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-011800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0035.080901T1700Z-080902T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
321 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 /221 AM MDT MON SEP 1 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO
8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO
8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON,
OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH.  

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 012337
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
637 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...SOUTHERLY WINDS DECREASING TONIGHT...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT AN
APPROACHING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DECREASE THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT AND WINDS WILL BE ON A DOWNWARD TREND.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-020045-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-080902T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
637 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 /537 PM MDT MON SEP 1 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BLOW AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...BUT SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE
OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.