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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 20, 201021 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2010, 1:27 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2010, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2010, 3:54 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties

Barber County, KS, 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, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2010-03-20Temperature 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 2010-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

513 
WWUS73 KDDC 201827
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
127 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

...CORRECTED AGAIN FOR VALID TIME...

...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL HOWL THIS AFTERNOON...

.A RATHER TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS RESULTED ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL CAUSE NORTH WINDS TO HOWL THIS
AFTERNOON.

KSZ061>066-074>081-084>090-202100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.100321T1800Z-100321T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.100320T1827Z-100320T2100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
127 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 /1227 PM MDT SAT MAR 20 2010/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW THROUGH 4 PM CDT TODAY...BEFORE 
  SUBSIDING SOMEWHAT. 

* NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
  GUSTS HIGHER AT TIMES.

* HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-
  WEST HIGHWAYS...NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS.

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
176 
WWUS73 KDDC 202054
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
354 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE IS BECOMING LESS TIGHT, AND
THUS THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING.

KSZ061>066-074>081-084>090-202200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-100320T2100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
354 PM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 /254 PM MDT SAT MAR 20 2010/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONALLY EVEN
HIGHER THROUGH SUNSET, THEN BECOME NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 4:12 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford6 hr
Mar 20, 12:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more24 min
Mar 20, 1:17 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more10 min

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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.