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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 7, 201411 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2014, 3:29 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2014, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2014-04-07Temperature 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 2014-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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.

026 
WWUS73 KDDC 070829
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
329 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF A GARDEN CITY TO
MEADE LINE BY LATE MORNING...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE
BY LATE MORNING AS STRONG WINDS LOCATED IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
AT AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE STARTING TO
TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ061>063-074>077-084>087-071830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.140407T1500Z-140408T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
329 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014 /229 AM MDT MON APR 7 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY
  FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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.

&&

$$

BURGERT
2 follow-up statements
832 
WWUS73 KDDC 071840
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
140 PM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WEST OF A GARDEN CITY TO
MEADE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING, BEFORE STARTING TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.

KSZ061>063-074>077-084>087-080000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140408T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
140 PM CDT MON APR 7 2014 /1240 PM MDT MON APR 7 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 
  45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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
572 
WWUS73 KDDC 072337
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
637 PM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...WINDS DECREASING THIS EVENING...

KSZ061>063-074>077-084>087-080045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140408T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
637 PM CDT MON APR 7 2014 /537 PM MDT MON APR 7 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS
OF DAYTIME HEATING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE THIS EVENING.

$$

UMSCHEID

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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.