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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 20105 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 23, 2010, 1:15 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 85 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
Jun 23, 2010, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2010, 2:40 AM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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 00:00Z, 6.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

483 
WWUS73 KDDC 230615
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
115 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

...HIGH WINDS FROM DISSIPATING SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.DOWNDRAFTS FROM DISSIPATING SHOWERS IN FORD AND CLARK COUNTY ARE
PRODUCING STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 60 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL
DISSIPATE BY 130 AM, BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM
CLARK AND FORD COUNTIES INTO HODGEMAN...EDWARDS...AND KIOWA
COUNTIES BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER 300 AM.

KSZ064-078>080-088-230800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0003.100623T0615Z-100623T0800Z/
HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA
115 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING.

* 100 AM TO 300 AM.

* SUSTAINED 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH.

* SMALL ARTICLES MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
  EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ALONG EAST-WEST
  ORIENTED ROADWAYS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
847 
WWUS73 KDDC 230740
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
240 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

...HIGH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.THE SHOWERS THAT GENERATED HIGH SURFACE WINDS HAVE DISSIPATED,
AND STRONG WINDS NO LONGER ARE REACHING THE SURFACE.

KSZ064-078>080-088-230845-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100623T0800Z/
HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA
240 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

SHOWERS THAT HAD BEEN IN PROGRESS EARLIER TONIGHT IN FORD AND
CLARK COUNTIES HAVE DISSIPATED, AND DOWNDRAFTS NO LONGER ARE
CARRYING HIGH WINDS TO THE SURFACE. THEREFORE, THE HIGH WIND
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


$$

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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.