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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 25, 201316 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2013, 2:22 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2013, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2013-04-25Temperature 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 2013-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

122 
WWUS73 KDDC 251922
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
222 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS RESULTING IN
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-085>087-260000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0016.130425T1922Z-130426T0000Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER
222 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013 /122 PM MDT THU APR 25 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

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
568 
WWUS73 KDDC 252356
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
656 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-085>087-260100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-130426T0000Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER
656 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013 /556 PM MDT THU APR 25 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

WIND MAGNITUDES WILL NO LONGER BE AT ADVISORY CRITERIA. BREEZY 
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 5:23 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Ford97 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.