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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2006Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 26, 2006, 9:01 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2006, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2006-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
2423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 270201
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
901 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...EXTREMELY VIOLENT DOWNBURST WINDS...

.DYING SHOWERS FALLING THROUGH VERY DRY AIR HAVE ACCELERATED A
DOWNWARD WIND TO SPEEDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH OVER HODGEMAN COUNTY. THE
WIND WILL DIMINISH BY 10 PM CDT.

KSZ064-270315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0005.060527T0201Z-060527T0300Z/
HODGEMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON
901 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

DOWNBURST WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WERE OCCURING OVER PARTS OF
HODGEMAN COUNTY. THEY WILL DIMINISH BY 10 PM CDT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray33 min
May 26, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord46 min
May 26, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego43 min
May 27, 3:22 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more17 hr

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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.