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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2013, 12:09 PM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2013, 12:09 PM CST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS73 KDDC 081809 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1209 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION AND MIXING WILL ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL ABATE TOWARDS DUSK. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-090000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.130208T1809Z-130209T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET 1209 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 /1109 AM MST FRI FEB 8 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...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM CST. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AS THERE WILL BE CROSSWINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. BLOWN DUST ALSO MAY CREATE TEMPORARY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
076 WWUS73 KDDC 081951 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 151 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TOMORROW... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION AND MIXING WILL ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND RESULTANT TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TOMORROW WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ONCE AGAIN THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-090000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.130209T1700Z-130210T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130209T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET 151 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 /1251 PM MST FRI FEB 8 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL 6 PM CST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STRONG LEVELS BY 11 AM CST TOMORROW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY...FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AS THERE WILL BE CROSSWINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. BLOWN DUST ALSO MAY CREATE TEMPORARY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-090000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.130209T1700Z-130210T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 151 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STRONG LEVELS BY 11 AM CST TOMORROW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY...FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AS THERE WILL BE CROSSWINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. BLOWN DUST ALSO MAY CREATE TEMPORARY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
131 WWUS73 KDDC 082357 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 557 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED AHEAD OF APPROACHING STORM... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND RESULTANT TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-090800- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.130209T1700Z-130210T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET 557 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 /457 PM MST FRI FEB 8 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * BLOWING DUST...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES...AND EVEN LOWER ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ARE MORE VULNERABLE GIVEN THE ONGOING DROUGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY...FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AS THERE WILL BE CROSSWINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-090800- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.130209T1700Z-130210T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 557 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY...FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AS THERE WILL BE CROSSWINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 1:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 28 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.