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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 13, 201427 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2014, 1:36 PM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 14, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2014, 1:36 PM CST (19:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CST
In force
13 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 19:42 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 12:00Z, 7.6 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
1941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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.

265 
WWUS73 KDDC 131936
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
136 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014

...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES AND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER
MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST ON TUESDAY. THIS GRADIENT IN
COMBINATION WITH MIXING AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER WILL LEAD TO VERY
STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-077>081-088>090-140345-
/O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0001.140114T1500Z-140115T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.140114T1500Z-140115T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
136 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN 
  UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG 
  EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST 
  WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

42
4 follow-up statements
819 
WWUS73 KDDC 132353
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
552 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014

...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 
MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST ON TUESDAY. THIS GRADIENT IN
COMBINATION WITH MIXING AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER WILL LEAD TO VERY
STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.

KSZ061-074>076-084>087-141000-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.140114T1500Z-140115T0000Z/
HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
552 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 /452 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014/

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

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/ TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN 
  UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG 
  EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST 
  WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-077>081-088>090-141000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.140114T1500Z-140115T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
552 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN 
  UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG 
  EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST 
  WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
376 
WWUS73 KDDC 140917
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
317 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW TODAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE, COMBINED WITH STRONG
UPPER LEVEL WINDS MIXING DOWN, WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH, GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE IN NEBRASKA WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-141730-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.140114T1200Z-140115T0100Z/
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
317 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /217 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 7 AM CST, AND
  PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE
  COMMON, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. LIGHT
  WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN
  BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND. GUSTY WINDS WILL ESPECIALLY BE
  NOTICEABLE ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS, NEAR WIND BREAKS SUCH AS GRAIN
  ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

12
218 
WWUS73 KDDC 141713
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1113 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE... COMBINED WITH STRONG
UPPER LEVEL WINDS MIXING DOWN... WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-150100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0100Z/
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
1113 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /1013 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE
  COMMON... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
  LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH 
  CANS CAN BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND. GUSTY WINDS WILL ESPECIALLY 
  BE NOTICEABLE ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS... NEAR WIND BREAKS 
  SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
241 
WWUS73 KDDC 142122
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE...COMBINED WITH STRONG
UPPER LEVEL WINDS MIXING DOWN...WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT TIMES.

KSZ061>066-074>081-084>090-142230-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0100Z/
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...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
322 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /222 PM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. BRIEF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-150100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
322 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
  LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH 
  CANS CAN BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND. GUSTY WINDS WILL ESPECIALLY 
  BE NOTICEABLE ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS... NEAR WIND BREAKS 
  SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 2:34 AM CSTHigh Wind WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 13 more11 hr

Nearby

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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.