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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 16, 201413 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2014, 3:23 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 16, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2014, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 16, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 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.

948 
WWUS73 KDDC 160823
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
323 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH STRONG BOUNDARY
LAYER WINDS MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN SOUTH WINDS
INCREASING INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY LATE MORNING EAST OF A
HAYS TO LIBERAL LINE. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING BEFORE STARTING TO SUBSIDE.

KSZ031-046-064>066-077>081-086>088-161800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.140616T1600Z-140617T0100Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
323 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS OF NEAR 30 MPH WILL BEGIN TO BY 11 AM
  WITH THE WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH BEING LIKELY FROM NOON UNTIL 8
  PM.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45
  MPH POSSIBLE.

* 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.

&&

$$

BURGERT
2 follow-up statements
730 
WWUS73 KDDC 161708
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1208 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH STRONG BOUNDARY
LAYER WINDS MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN STRONG
SOUTH WINDS.

KSZ031-046-064>066-077>081-086>088-170100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-140617T0100Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1208 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 
  45 MPH POSSIBLE. 

* 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.

&&

$$
447 
WWUS73 KDDC 170052
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE...

KSZ031-046-064>066-077>081-086>088-170200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-140617T0100Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
752 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

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

EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche38 min
Jun 15, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa60 min

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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.