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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 22, 201321 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 22, 2013, 2:48 AM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 22, 2013, 10:26 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2013, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 22, 2013, 10:26 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 22, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford 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, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2013-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2046 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
2046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

366 
WWUS73 KDDC 220748
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
248 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THIS
WILL CREATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-230100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0022.130622T1700Z-130623T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-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...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
248 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
3 follow-up statements
529 
WWUS73 KDDC 221526
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1026 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-222330-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0022.130622T1526Z-130623T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-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...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1026 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

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

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

42
036 
WWUS73 KDDC 221855
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
155 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-230100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130623T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-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...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
155 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

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

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

42
143 
WWUS73 KDDC 230106
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...

.SOUTH WINDS IN THE 20 TO NEAR 30 MPH RANGE WILL PERSIST, WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY TAPER DOWNWARD INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH
RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-230215-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-130623T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-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...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
806 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH SUSTAINED ACROSS THE
MAJORITY OF THE AREA THIS EVENING, WITH A DOWNWARD TREND IN
SPEED. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$


RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens17 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.