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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 9, 201327 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2013, 6:17 PM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2013, 6:17 PM CST (00:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 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, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2013-02-10Temperature 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 2013-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 437 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
472 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.

431 
WWUS73 KDDC 100017
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
617 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL
PROMOTE STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING SUNDAY
MORNING, AND LASTING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-100830-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130210T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-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...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
617 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 /517 PM MST SAT FEB 9 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST
/5 PM MST/ SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM
CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY. 

THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...STARTING AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY AND LASTING THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS... SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 45
  MPH WILL BE COMMON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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4 follow-up statements
378 
WWUS73 KDDC 100550
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1150 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL
PROMOTE STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING SUNDAY
MORNING... AND LASTING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-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...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1150 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 /1050 PM MST SAT FEB 9 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY...

* TIMING...STARTING AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY AND LASTING THROUGH LATE 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS... SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS 
  AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


18
764 
WWUS73 KDDC 100931
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
331 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL
PROMOTE STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND LASTING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101900-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-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...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
331 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 /231 AM MST SUN FEB 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STARTING AROUND 9 AM AND LASTING THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS... SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS 
  AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


18
524 
WWUS73 KDDC 101836
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1236 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL
PROMOTE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-110000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130211T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-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...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1236 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 /1136 AM MST SUN FEB 10 2013/

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

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO
  AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
099 
WWUS73 KDDC 102358
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
558 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WINDS ARE RAPIDLY WEAKENING ACROSS THE AREA...

.WINDS ARE WEAKENING ACROSS THE AREA AS AN UPPER LOW PULLS
FARTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-110100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130211T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-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...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
558 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 /458 PM MST SUN FEB 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING. 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 9:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber50 min

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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.