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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 18, 20094 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2009, 1:00 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2009, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2009-01-18Temperature 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 2009-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 181900
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
100 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2009

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WERE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS TEMPERATURES WARM
INTO THE 60S THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE STRONG
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS BUT SHOULD ABATE TOWARD SUNSET.

KSZ030-043>045-190000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.090118T1900Z-090119T0000Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY
100 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2009

...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. 

NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH 5 PM BEFORE DIMINISHING. 

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.

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 182359 AAA
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
559 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2009

...WINDS DECREASING...

KSZ030-043>045-190100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090119T0000Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY
559 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2009

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

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH FOR THE
REST OF TONIGHT.

$$

06

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 12:16 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more18 hr
Jan 18, 11:54 AM CSTFire Weather WatchDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens14 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.