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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 13, 200811 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2008, 1:23 PM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2008, 1:23 PM CST (19:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 2008-02-13Temperature 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 2008-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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 131923
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
123 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINED WITH MIXING OF STRONG WINDS
OFF THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. SOME
GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET.

KSZ045-046-064-065-077>080-086>088-140000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0007.080213T1923Z-080214T0000Z/
NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
123 PM CST WED FEB 13 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.
THE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE BY 6 PM.

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

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 132357
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
557 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008


KSZ045-046-064-065-077>080-086>088-140100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080214T0000Z/
NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
557 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 2:50 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more16 hr

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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.