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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2013, 11:12 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2013, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809 WWUS73 KDDC 140412 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1112 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>080-085>088-141000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.130414T0412Z-130414T1000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1112 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH THE STRONGER WINDS OCCURRING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
830 WWUS73 KDDC 140940 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 440 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>080-085>088-141045- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130414T1000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 440 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS MORNING. $$ 06
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.