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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 7, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 7, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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, 6.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478 WWUS73 KDDC 070645 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 145 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO OCCUR. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-072100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.140507T1600Z-140508T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 145 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 /1245 AM MDT WED MAY 7 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...LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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 PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ 06
2 follow-up statements
615 WWUS73 KDDC 072103 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 403 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THOUGH EARLY EVENING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-080200- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140508T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 403 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 /303 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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 PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$
876 WWUS73 KDDC 080159 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 859 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED... KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-080300- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140508T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 859 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 /759 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT, HOWEVER VERY STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$
Nearby
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.