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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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. && $$ SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
717 WWUS73 KDDC 200100 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 800 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .WINDS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT. KSZ066-081-089-090-200200- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140520T0100Z/ STAFFORD-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 800 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 33
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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.