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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 29, 201019 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2010, 8:18 PM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2010, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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, 1.3 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 2010-04-30Temperature 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 2010-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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.

227 
WWUS73 KDDC 300118
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
818 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND COLD FRONT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BEHIND A SLOW
MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE UP TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BEFORE
FINALLY SUBSIDING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

KSZ043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-300500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.100430T0118Z-100430T0500Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-
MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...
LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
818 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 /718 PM MDT THU APR 29 2010/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/
TONIGHT. 

* WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS
  EVENING BEHIND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.

* NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH.

* TRAVELERS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION.

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
770 
WWUS73 KDDC 300444
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1144 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

...STRONG NORTH WINDS BEGINNING TO DECREASE...

.THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS IS NOW MOVING OUT OF THE AREA AND WINDS ARE DECREASING.

KSZ043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-300545-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-100430T0500Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-
MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...
LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
1144 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 /1044 PM MDT THU APR 29 2010/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/
TONIGHT...

AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...WINDS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
WHILE BREEZY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
NIGHT...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE OVER AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT OR 11 PM MDT.

$$

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush40 min
Apr 29, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush12 min
Apr 29, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee47 min
Apr 29, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford43 min
Apr 29, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa, Pratt41 min
Apr 29, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford48 min
Apr 30, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford35 min
Apr 30, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber41 min
Apr 30, 3:01 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more17 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010

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.