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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 30, 2008Barber County, Comanche County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2008, 11:16 AM CST for Barber County, Comanche County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2008, 11:16 AM CST (17:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2008, 2:12 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 12:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 357 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 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 301716
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1116 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINED WITH MIXING SOME
STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE...WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
AFTER 4 PM AND FALL INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE BY 6 PM.

KSZ081-089-090-310000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.080130T1716Z-080131T0000Z/
PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1116 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND GUST UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 PM. THESE
GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TOWARDS SUNSET.

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 302012
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
212 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...

.THE CENTER OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST
TOWARDS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL
DECREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA.

KSZ081-089-090-302115-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080131T0000Z/
PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
212 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...THEN DIMINISH DOWN TO 10 TO 15 MPH.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 4:03 AM CSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 8 more31 hr
Jan 30, 11:16 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt3 hr

Nearby

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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.