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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 19, 2014, 11:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2014, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2014-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-834 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
511 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.

224 
WWUS73 KDDC 191632
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1132 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY AND THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND MIXING WITH RESULTANT MOMENTUM
TRANSFER WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A DRYLINE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ066-081-089-090-200100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0027.140519T1632Z-140520T0100Z/
STAFFORD-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1132 AM CDT MON MAY 19 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...NOW THROUGH 8 PM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. BE AWARE
  OF STRONG CROSS WINDS ON WEST TO EAST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
717 
WWUS73 KDDC 200100
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

.WINDS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

KSZ066-081-089-090-200200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140520T0100Z/
STAFFORD-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
800 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014

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

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$


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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.