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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 8, 201427 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 8, 2014, 10:11 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 9, 2014, 7:00 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 15:15 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, 3.2 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

171 
WWUS73 KDDC 081511
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1011 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...MONDAY WILL BE A VERY WINDY DAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PLOW THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS EARLY MONDAY, AND
BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL START TO 
SUBSIDE BY AROUND SUNSET MONDAY EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-090600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0029.140609T1400Z-140610T0000Z/
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
1011 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 /911 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT
/6 PM MDT/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM
CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY. 

* TIMING...BY 9 AM CDT WEST OF HIGHWAY 83, AND BY NOON EAST OF
  HIGHWAY 283.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 GUST TO 40 MPH, WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING A CHALLENGE,
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHT
  WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE
  CAN EASILY BY BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 10:14 AM CDTFlood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more36 hr

Nearby

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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.