Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 22, 2008, 7:12 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 22, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2008, 7:12 AM CDT (12:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 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 221212 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 712 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS DEVELOPING LOW WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE BY MIDDAY. AS SURFACE HEATING INCREASES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY AS WELL. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>079-222015- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.080922T1700Z-080923T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS 712 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MIDDAY TO 25 TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 221951 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 251 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTH WINDS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. KSZ085>088-230000- /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-080923T0000Z/ STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 251 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THEN DECREASE BY SUNSET. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>079-230000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-080923T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS 251 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. $$ 06
000 WWUS73 KDDC 230002 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 702 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH THE APPROACHING SUNSET. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>079-085>088-230115- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-080923T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 702 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS WILL DIMINISH INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. $$ GERARD
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.