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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 6, 200917 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2009, 1:37 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2009, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2009-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 983 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 060637
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
137 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...CENTRAL KANSAS WILL HAVE STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING...

.A LOW LEVEL JET WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS MORNING, CAUSING SURFACE WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 25
TO 35 MPH RANGE, WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE LOW LEVEL
JET WILL SHIFT EAST BY LATE MORNING, ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO
DECREASE.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-061600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.090606T0700Z-090606T1600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
137 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT, OR INCREASE TO, 25 TO 35 MPH
THIS MORNING, WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL
DECREASE BY LATE MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 061629
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1129 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...WINDS SHOULD STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY
SOUTH AND EAST OF A HUGOTON TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED LINE. THE
WINDS SHOULD STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-061730-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090606T1600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1129 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON.

$$

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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.