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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 27, 2011Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Feb 27, 2011, 6:14 PM CST for Stevens 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
Feb 27, 2011, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2011, 7:13 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

157 
WWUS73 KDDC 280014
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS
EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

KSZ085-280200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.110228T0014Z-110228T0200Z/
STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
614 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* WINDS: NORTH WINDS AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE
  OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF STEVENS COUNTY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

KSZ074>076-084-086-087-280115-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0000Z/
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
614 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


$$

KSZ065-066-078>081-088>090-280800-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0800Z/
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
614 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  45 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH 2 AM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
109 
WWUS73 KDDC 280113
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
713 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS
EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

KSZ085-280215-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T0200Z/
STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
713 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE CONDITIONS THAT CAUSED LOCALLY HIGH WINDS IN STEVENS COUNTY
HAVE ENDED.

$$

KSZ065-066-078>081-088>090-280800-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110228T0800Z/
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
713 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  45 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH 2 AM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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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.