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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 28, 201322 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2013, 12:20 PM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2013, 12:20 PM CST (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties

Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2013-01-28Temperature 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 2013-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

588 
WWUS73 KDDC 281820
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1220 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013

...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON...

.WARM TEMPERATURES ARE ALLOWING STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST AT NEAR 30
MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. 

KSZ061>064-074>078-084>088-290000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.130128T1820Z-130129T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1220 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 /1120 AM MST MON JAN 28 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT,
  ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS.
  LOOSE OBJECTS 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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2 follow-up statements
398 
WWUS73 KDDC 282133
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
333 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013

...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON...

.WARM TEMPERATURES ARE ALLOWING STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST AT NEAR
30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

KSZ030-031-043>046-065-079-290000-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...KINSLEY...LEWIS
333 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO 
  WEST ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KSZ061>064-074>078-084>088-290000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
333 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 /233 PM MST MON JAN 28 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO 
  WEST ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
465 
WWUS73 KDDC 290010
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
610 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013


KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-290115-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA
610 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 /510 PM MST MON JAN 28 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$


FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:13 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 5 more8 hr

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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.