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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 19, 200920 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2009, 2:14 AM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 19, 2009, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2009, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2009, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 19, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2009-01-19Temperature 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 2009-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
3098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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 190814
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...EXPECT A VERY WINDY DAY TODAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT, BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND IN THE LOWER
LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL
INCREASE BY MID MORNING INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER
GUSTS, AND CONTINUE UNTIL NEAR SUNSET.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>088-191900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.090119T1600Z-090120T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
214 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /114 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40
MPH TODAY. THE WINDS SHOULD START TO DIMINISH BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM CST.

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.

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 191752
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1152 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW ACROSS
MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>088-200000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090120T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1152 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /1052 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
45 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS SHOULD START TO DIMINISH BETWEEN 5 AND 6
PM CST.

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.

$$

26
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 192357
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
557 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...STRONG WINDS SUBSIDING...

.NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER
SUNSET...DROPPING DOWN TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
WILL NO LONGER EXIST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>088-200100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090120T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
557 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /457 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH FOR 
THE REST OF THIS EVENING.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 2:11 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more16 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.