Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 6, 2008, 10:36 AM CST for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2008, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2008, 2:58 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 061636 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1036 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH NEBRASKA TODAY WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET. KSZ030-031-044>046-064-065-078-079-070000- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0009.081106T1636Z-081107T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN... KINSLEY...LEWIS 1036 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN AT THESE STRENGTHS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCURRING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KSZ043-062-063-066-075>077-080-081-087-088-070000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ SCOTT-KEARNY-FINNEY-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1036 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN AT THESE STRENGTHS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND NEAR INTERSTATE 70. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 062058 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 258 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO SPIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. CLOSER TO SUNSET, THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AS STRONG ATMOSPHERIC MIXING DIMINISHES. KSZ030-031-044>046-064-065-078-079-070000- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN... KINSLEY...LEWIS 258 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN AT THESE STRENGTHS UNTIL SUNSET. AFTERWARDS...WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ043-062-063-066-075>077-080-081-087-088-070000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ SCOTT-KEARNY-FINNEY-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 258 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN AT THESE STRENGTHS UNTIL SUNSET. AFTERWARDS...WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ UMSCHEID
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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.