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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 25, 201420 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2014, 2:52 AM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2014, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2014, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2014-03-25Temperature 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 2014-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

095 
WWUS73 KDDC 250752
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
252 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR WESTERN KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, RESULTING IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS.

KSZ031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-252100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.140326T1500Z-140327T0500Z/
ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
252 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACT...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

FINCH
4 follow-up statements
927 
WWUS73 KDDC 252037
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
337 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR WESTERN KANSAS
WEDNESDAY... RESULTING IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS.

KSZ031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-260500-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.140326T1500Z-140327T0500Z/
ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
337 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACT...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
225 
WWUS73 KDDC 260457
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1157 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR WESTERN KANSAS
WEDNESDAY... RESULTING IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS.

KSZ030-044-063-076-077-086-262100-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.140326T1500Z-140327T0500Z/
TREGO-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL...KISMET
1157 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...FROM 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACT...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND
  LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-262100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.140326T1500Z-140327T0500Z/
ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
1157 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...FROM 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACT...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS.  LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND
  LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

12
873 
WWUS73 KDDC 262047
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
347 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A DEEP TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN
COLORADO THIS EVENING KEEPING A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL ALLOW STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO PERSIST
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-270500-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140327T0500Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
347 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACT...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND 
  LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

32
859 
WWUS73 KDDC 270140
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
840 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014

...SOUTHERLY WINDS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING...

.WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-270245-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140327T0500Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
840 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

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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.