Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2010, 2:02 PM CST for 21 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2010, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2010, 6:18 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526 WWUS73 KDDC 242002 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 202 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-250200- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.100124T2002Z-100125T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 202 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 8 PM CST. * MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. 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. && $$ 32
1 follow-up statement
817 WWUS73 KDDC 250018 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 618 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING... .WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-250130- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100125T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 618 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ATMOSPHERIC COOLING AFTER SUNSET HAS AIDED IN DIMINISHING WIND SPEEDS. THE STRONG 30 TO 40 MPH WIND SPEEDS THAT WERE OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DIMINISHED TO AROUND THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE DURING THE EVENING. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY, AND ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. $$ RUSSELL
Nearby
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.