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Wind Advisory 41, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 7, 2008, 2:50 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 7, 2008, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 2008, 2:50 AM CST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2008, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2008, 3:52 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 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 070850 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 250 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY WHICH WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING AND REMAINING WINDY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS FURTHER TO THE EAST. KSZ030-031-044>046-065-071700- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0041.081107T1300Z-081108T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... LARNED...BURDETT 250 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 32
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 071703 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1103 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AGAIN TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS. THIS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING WHICH WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS FURTHER TO THE EAST. KSZ030-031-044>046-065-080000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-081108T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... LARNED...BURDETT 1103 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KDDC 072152 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 352 PM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE... .THE STRONG LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE GREAT PLAINS AND THUS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALSO RELAX...RESULTING IN DECREASED WINDS. KSZ030-031-044>046-065-072300- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-081108T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... LARNED...BURDETT 352 PM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE BY SUNSET TO 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 11:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray and 8 more | 6 hr |
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.