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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 12, 201427 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2014, 1:58 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 13, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2014, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
19 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 18:56 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, 7.0 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 2014-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 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.

398 
WWUS73 KDDC 121858 AAC
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
158 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS ON MONDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT, MAINLY
WEST OF A WAKEENEY TO MEADE LINE. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND
FARTHER EAST THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS
ON MONDAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS COULD BE FROM SYRACUSE TO SCOTT
CITY AND GARDEN CITY WHERE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS COULD APPROACH 40
MPH BRIEFLY FROM LATE MORNING TO VERY EARLY AFTERNOON.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-130900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.141013T0500Z-141013T2200Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
158 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT
TO 5 PM CDT /4 PM MDT/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/
TONIGHT TO 5 PM CDT /4 PM MDT/ MONDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING OVERNIGHT, BUT BECOMING VERY WINDY
  LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH BY LATE
  MORNING MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...MAKES DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. BLOWING AROUND OF LOOSE OBJECTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-130900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.141013T1200Z-141013T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
158 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT MONDAY. 

* TIMING...LATE MORNING MONDAY THROUGH 5 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH BY LATE MORNING
  MONDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

RUSSELL
4 follow-up statements
827 
WWUS73 KDDC 130541
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1241 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...MAINLY
WEST OF A WAKEENEY TO MEADE LINE. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER
EAST THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-131300-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141014T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
1241 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...BY MORNING WITH WINDS TAPERING TOWARDS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO
  50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
  EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON WEST
  TO EAST ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-131300-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.141013T1200Z-141014T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1241 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...BY LATE MORNING WITH WINDS TAPERING TOWARDS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45
  TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
  EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON WEST
  TO EAST ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

SUGDEN
038 
WWUS73 KDDC 131225
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY...

.AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA
WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI TODAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
EXIST ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF KANSAS TO THE WEST OF THE LOW.
THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-132100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141014T0000Z/
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
725 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS 
  ON WEST TO EAST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

GERARD
147 
WWUS73 KDDC 131922
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
222 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

.AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA
WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL EXIST ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF KANSAS TO THE WEST OF THIS LOW.
THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141014T0000Z/
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
222 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS 
  ON WEST TO EAST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
362 
WWUS73 KDDC 132333
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-141014T0000Z/
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
633 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
THEREFORE, THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward67 min
Oct 12, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward55 min
Oct 12, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade66 min
Oct 12, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt61 min

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.