Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
189 WWUS73 KDDC 181519 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 919 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL EXCEED 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-182100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130218T2100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 919 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 /819 AM MST MON FEB 18 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM CST. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS INCLUDING TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE... AS WELL AS MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 06
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. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
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.