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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 16, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2014, 9:55 AM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2014, 9:55 AM MDT (15:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2014, 1:56 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2014-04-16Temperature 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 2014-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 418 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
3221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 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.

044 
WWUS73 KDDC 161555
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1055 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014

KSZ043-044-061-062-162100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0016.140416T1555Z-140416T2100Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD
1055 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014 /955 AM MDT WED APR 16 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 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.

&&

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
660 
WWUS73 KDDC 161956
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
256 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014

KSZ043-044-061-062-162100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140416T2100Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD
256 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014 /156 PM MDT WED APR 16 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

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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.