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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 25, 2008, 7:33 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 75 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2008, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 8:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 15 Wnw Bloom, KS | A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. VISIBILITY WASS LESS THAN 1/2-MILE. |
| May 25, 8:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dodge City, KS | TREES BLOWN DOWN AND OLD DODGE THEATER MARQUEE BLOWN OUT IN DOWNTOWN DODGE CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 1684 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDDC 260033 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 733 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL BRIEFLY SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING... .STRONG WINDS FROM OUT COLLAPSING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. KSZ077-078-080-087>089-260200- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0006.080526T0033Z-080526T0200Z/ GRAY-FORD-KIOWA-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 733 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8:30 PM. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 260035 CCA NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 734 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL BRIEFLY SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING... KSZ077-078-080-087>089-260200- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0006.080526T0034Z-080526T0200Z/ GRAY-FORD-KIOWA-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 734 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8:30 PM. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THE WINDS COULD CREATE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TO THOSE OUTSIDE OR CAUSE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS73 KDDC 260148 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 848 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAD WEAKENED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. KSZ077-078-080-087>089-260300- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080526T0200Z/ GRAY-FORD-KIOWA-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 848 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 2O TO 30 MPH RANGE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 20 min |
| May 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| May 25, 7:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 13 hr |
| May 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 82 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 42 min |
| May 26, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 42 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton | 47 min |
| May 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| May 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 41 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 55 min |
| May 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 51 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 31 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 36 min |
| May 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 3 hr |
| May 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.