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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 21, 201323 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 21, 2013, 9:07 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 21, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2013, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 23 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 2013-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -98 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
248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-469 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 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.

177 
WWUS73 KDDC 211407
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
907 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A LEE TROUGH REMAINS
ANCHORED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE
LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER TODAY VERSUS
YESTERDAY...WHICH WILL PUT WINDS INTO THE ADVISORY CATEGORY FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-212215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.130621T1800Z-130622T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
907 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.. STRONGEST WINDS
  IN THE 2 PM TO 5 PM TIME FRAME.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVELERS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS WHERE STRONG
  CROSS-WINDS WILL EXIST...PARTICULARLY STRONG AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
078 
WWUS73 KDDC 212144
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
444 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY WINDS AT
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-220100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130622T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
444 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVELERS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS WHERE 
  STRONG CROSS-WINDS WILL EXIST...PARTICULARLY STRONG AROUND 
  GRAIN ELEVATORS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

BURGERT
582 
WWUS73 KDDC 220100
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...WINDS WERE STARTING TO DECREASE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS...


KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-220200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130622T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
800 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT AROUND 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS
EVENING BUT STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

BURGERT

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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.