Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2008, 3:48 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 4, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2008, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 040948 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 348 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE WEST COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO DEEPEN OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WITH THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENING UP OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SOMEWHAT BY SUNSET. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-041800- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.081104T1800Z-081105T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 348 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT BY SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 041915 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 115 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE WEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS BY THIS EVENING. THIS HAS CAUSED A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO DEEPEN OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WITH A TIGHTENED SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS. THIS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SOMEWHAT BY SUNSET. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-050000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-081105T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 115 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT BY SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS73 KDDC 042340 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT... .THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH THE SETTING SUN. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-050045- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-081105T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 540 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$ 06
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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.