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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 24, 201021 counties in Kansas

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2010-01-24Temperature 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 2010-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

&&

$$

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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

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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.