Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 22, 2008, 5:19 PM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2008, 5:19 PM CST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2008, 2:14 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 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 222319 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 519 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...SOUTH WINDS STILL STRONG BUT DIMINISHING SOME... .A VERY INTENSE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AS A DEEP SURFACE LOW PERSISTS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. THIS LOW WILL NOT MOVE MUCH DURING THE NIGHT...ONLY SLOWLY DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL REMAIN ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-230600- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0049.081222T2319Z-081223T0600Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 519 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 /419 PM MST MON DEC 22 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTH WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING WITH WINDS GRADUALLY WEAKENING BY LATE EVENING. A FEW WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE EARLY IN THE EVENING. 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. $$ KSZ030-045-064-230030- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0400Z/ TREGO-NESS-HODGEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... NESS CITY...JETMORE...HANSTON 519 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. VERY STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WERE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL STILL GUST IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE UNTIL AROUND 9 PM CST. $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-230030- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081223T0600Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 519 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WERE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL STILL GUST IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE UNTIL AROUND 9 PM CST. $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 230542 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1142 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...SOUTH WINDS STILL STRONG LATE TONIGHT... .A VERY INTENSE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AS A DEEP SURFACE LOW PERSISTS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL NOT MOVE MUCH DURING THE NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL REMAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. KSZ043-044-061>063-077-078-088-230645- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081223T0600Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRAY-FORD-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1142 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 /1042 PM MST MON DEC 22 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS CONTINUED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN...HOWEVER SOUTH WINDS WILL STILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$ KSZ074>076-084>087-230900- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081223T0900Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1142 PM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH WINDS GRADUALLY WEAKENING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 45 MPH. 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. $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS73 KDDC 230814 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 214 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 KSZ074>076-084>087-230915- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081223T0900Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 214 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 16 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:55 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 4 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.