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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2014, 3:25 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 6:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
166 WWUS73 KDDC 292025 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 325 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES ON SUNDAY, RESULTING IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-301000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.140330T1700Z-140331T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 325 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...NOON TO 7 PM. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ FINCH
3 follow-up statements
900 WWUS73 KDDC 300736 AAA NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 236 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...RESULTING IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-302115- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.140330T1700Z-140331T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 236 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOON TO 7 PM. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, BUREAU OF AIR, RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY, AGGRAVATE ASTHMA, AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, ELDERLY, OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ 06
757 WWUS73 KDDC 301846 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 146 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON... .AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT, WHICH WILL TIGHTEN UP THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER KANSAS MONDAY. KSZ030-031-045-046-311100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.140331T1700Z-140401T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 146 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...NOON TO 7 PM. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...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... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS... DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY... AGGRAVATE ASTHMA... AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY... OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ043-044-311100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.140331T1700Z-140401T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON 146 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...FROM NOON THROUGH 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS...20 TO 35 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. |PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THERE ALSO MAY BE BLOWING DUST CAUSED BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ KSZ064>066-077>081-087>090-310000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 146 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOON TO 7 PM. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...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... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS... DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY... AGGRAVATE ASTHMA... AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY... OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$
672 WWUS73 KDDC 302342 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 642 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS MONDAY CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-045-046-310745- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.140331T1700Z-140401T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 642 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING * TIMING...NOON TO 9 PM CDT. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS... DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY... AGGRAVATE ASTHMA... AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY... OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ064>066-077>081-087>090-310045- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 642 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ KSZ043-044-310745- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.140331T1700Z-140401T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON 642 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...FROM NOON THROUGH 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS...20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THERE ALSO MAY BE BLOWING DUST CAUSED BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 17 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.