Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2010, 4:12 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2010, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990 WWUS73 KDDC 050912 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 412 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 ...VERY STRONG DRY SOUTHWEST WINDS RETURN TODAY... .A STRONG STORM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION TODAY WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. DEEP ATMOSPHERIC MIXING GIVEN AMPLE SUNSHINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW VERY STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP. KSZ043-061>063-074>077-084>087-051800- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0001.100405T1800Z-100406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.100405T1800Z-100406T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 412 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 /312 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 1 PM CDT...WITH THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS COMMON ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 2 PM CDT. THE GUSTIEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO BELOW 25 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 35 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED... WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. * WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND HIGHWAYS... PARTICULARLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ KSZ044-064-078>080-088-089-051800- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.100405T1800Z-100406T0000Z/ LANE-HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIGHTON...JETMORE...HANSTON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 412 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 1 PM CDT...WITH THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS COMMON ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 2 PM CDT. THE GUSTIEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO BELOW 25 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 35 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND HIGHWAYS... PARTICULARLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
567 WWUS73 KDDC 051350 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 850 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 ...VERY STRONG DRY SOUTHWEST WINDS RETURN TODAY... .A STRONG STORM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION TODAY WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. DEEP ATMOSPHERIC MIXING GIVEN AMPLE SUNSHINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW VERY STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP. KSZ043-044-061>064-074>080-084>089-051800- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.100405T1800Z-100406T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION 850 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 /750 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 1 PM CDT...WITH THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS COMMON ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 2 PM CDT. THE GUSTIEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO BELOW 25 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 35 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED... WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. * WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND HIGHWAYS... PARTICULARLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ WRIGHT
076 WWUS73 KDDC 051754 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1254 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010 ...VERY STRONG DRY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN A SHARP PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT THE SAME TIME...PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND MIX DOWN STRONG WINDS FROM ALOFT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TO VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. KSZ043-044-061>064-074>080-084>089-060000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.100405T1800Z-100406T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION 1254 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010 /1154 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REACH THEIR PEAK BY LATE AFTERNOON AND AND EARLY EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. * SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SOME GUSTS MAY REACH 50 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. * WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS... PARTICULARLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN PASSING GRAIN ELEVATORS OR OTHER WIND BREAKS AS SUCH OBSTACLES CAN CAUSE VEHICLES TO DRIFT. 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. && $$ WRIGHT
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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.