Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Watches in 2007
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Feb 22, 2007, 3:23 PM CST for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2007, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDDC 222123 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 323 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ064>066-076>081-084>090-230530- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0001.070224T1800Z-070225T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...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 323 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 230440 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1040 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ064>066-076>081-084>090-231245- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0001.070224T1800Z-070225T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1040 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS73 KDDC 231037 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 437 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ064>066-076>081-084>090-232200- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0001.070224T1800Z-070225T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...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 437 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 06
000 WWUS73 KDDC 231700 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1100 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ064>066-076>081-084>090-240100- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0001.070224T1800Z-070225T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.070224T1800Z-070225T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1100 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WHERE VISIBILITIES COULD BE GREATLY REDUCED. IF TRAVEL IS PLANNED SATURDAY...USE EXTREME CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:12 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 20 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.