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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 13, 201320 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2013-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
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

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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.

&&

$$


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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.

$$

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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.