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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 28, 200827 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2008, 6:50 PM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2008, 6:50 PM CST (00:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 29, 2008, 10:51 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2008-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 290050
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
650 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS
TUESDAY MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TUESDAY MORNING.
BEHIND THIS FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.080129T1000Z-080129T1800Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
650 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 /550 PM MST MON JAN 28 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ TO 12 PM CST
/11 AM MST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ TO 12 PM
CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY. 

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP BY DAYBREAK. AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO
35 MPH. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MORNING. WINDS AND
LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 290949
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS
THIS MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING. BEHIND
THIS FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291800-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.080129T1000Z-080129T1800Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
349 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 /249 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY DAYBREAK. AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE BY EARLY MORNING. WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY
EARLY AFTERNOON.

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

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 291651
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1051 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...

.A COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS HAS
CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
BEHIND THE FRONT AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX.  WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291800-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080129T1800Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1051 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 /951 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH.  

$$

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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.