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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 18, 201327 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2013, 1:20 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2013, 1:20 AM CST (07:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2013, 1:15 PM CST
In force
12 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 07:24 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, 7.3 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 2013-02-18Temperature 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 2013-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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.

305 
WWUS73 KDDC 180720
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
120 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING.
WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL EXCEED 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-181530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.130218T0720Z-130218T2100Z/
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
120 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 /1220 AM MST MON FEB 18 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM CST. 

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS
  INCLUDING TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE, AS WELL AS MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
189 
WWUS73 KDDC 181519
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
919 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING.
WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL EXCEED 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-182100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130218T2100Z/
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
919 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 /819 AM MST MON FEB 18 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM CST.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BLOW AROUND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS INCLUDING TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE... AS WELL AS 
  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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559 
WWUS73 KDDC 181915
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
115 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...STRONG WINDS SUBSIDING...

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-182015-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130218T2100Z/
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
115 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 /1215 PM MST MON FEB 18 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE INTO
THE EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO WESTERN KANSAS.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 2:37 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more32 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.