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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 19, 201314 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2013, 1:03 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 19, 2013, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2013, 1:03 AM CST (07:03 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2013, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 19, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2013-11-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2013-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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.

488 
WWUS73 KDDC 190703
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
103 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2013

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND
MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO
DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-200000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0031.131119T1600Z-131120T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
103 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 10 AM TO AROUND SUNSET.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN AFFECT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY 
  HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. LOOSE...LIGHT WEIGHT 
  ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CAN BE EASILY TOSSED 
  AROUND IN THESE WINDY CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
2 follow-up statements
942 
WWUS73 KDDC 192103
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
303 PM CST TUE NOV 19 2013

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUING...

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 MPH BY THE EVENING.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-200000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-131120T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
303 PM CST TUE NOV 19 2013

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

* TIMING...UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN AFFECT DRIVING...ESPECIALLY 
  HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. LOOSE...LIGHT WEIGHT 
  ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CAN BE EASILY TOSSED 
  AROUND IN THESE WINDY CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


33
682 
WWUS73 KDDC 192336
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
536 PM CST TUE NOV 19 2013


KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-200045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-131120T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
536 PM CST TUE NOV 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS OVER THE LAST HOUR HAVE EASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND
FOR THIS REASON THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6
PM. 

$$

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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.