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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2014, 1:32 AM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 26, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2014, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2014, 7:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 3790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993 WWUS73 KDDC 260632 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 132 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... ..A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL PRODUCE A RAPID CHANGE IN PRESSURE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO EASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE MID EVENING. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-261700- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.140426T1600Z-140427T0200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 132 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 /1232 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ALONG EAST/WEST ROADS AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, BUREAU OF AIR, RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH 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 PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
430 WWUS73 KDDC 261640 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1140 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... ..A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL PRODUCE A RAPID CHANGE IN PRESSURE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO EASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE MID EVENING. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-270045- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140427T0200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1140 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 /1040 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ALONG EAST/WEST ROADS AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH 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 PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ 33
325 WWUS73 KDDC 270036 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 736 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-270145- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140427T0200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 736 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 /636 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD BUT NOT AT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ SUGDEN
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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.