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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 201427 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2014, 4:58 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2014, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 24, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
16 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-23Temperature 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 2014-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
2566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 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.

952 
WWUS73 KDDC 230958
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
458 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. THIS WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS TO THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. 

KSZ031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-232100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.140423T1500Z-140424T0100Z/
ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-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...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
458 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...FROM 10 AM UNTIL 8 PM.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

GERARD
4 follow-up statements
937 
WWUS73 KDDC 231710
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1210 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS TO THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

KSZ030-043-044-063-076-086-240100-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0100Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...LIBERAL...KISMET
1210 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-240100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0100Z/
ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-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...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1210 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


BURGERT
947 
WWUS73 KDDC 231921
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
221 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS
THROUGH TONIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY
TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25
TO 35 MPH. AS THIS FRONT PASSES THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTH AND INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-240330-
/O.EXB.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.140424T0100Z-140424T0700Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
221 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 /121 PM MDT WED APR 23 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING
TO 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...8 PM UNTIL 2 AM.

* WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ043-044-063-076-086-240330-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0700Z/
SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL...KISMET
221 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 2 AM

* WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AT
  30 TO 35 MPH AFTER 8 PM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-240100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0100Z/
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
221 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 8 PM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

BURGERT
035 
WWUS73 KDDC 240044
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-240145-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0100Z/
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
744 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE
FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.

$$

KSZ043-044-063-076-086-240700-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0700Z/
SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL...KISMET
744 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 2 AM

* WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AT 
  30 TO 35 MPH AFTER 8 PM. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-240700-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.140424T0100Z-140424T0700Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
744 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 /644 PM MDT WED APR 23 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/
THURSDAY...

* TIMING...8 PM UNTIL 2 AM.

* WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
584 
WWUS73 KDDC 240658
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
158 AM CDT THU APR 24 2014


KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-240800-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140424T0700Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET
158 AM CDT THU APR 24 2014 /1258 AM MDT THU APR 24 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ EARLY THIS
MORNING...

ALTHOUGH GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...ADVISORY LEVEL
WIND SPEEDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward54 min
Apr 23, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward63 min
Apr 23, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman42 min
Apr 23, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
Apr 23, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade49 min

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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.