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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 26, 2011, 2:39 AM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 13 hr. 6 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
- Nov 26, 2011, 2:39 AM CST (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 3:36 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:38 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 9 Ese Garden City, KS | |
| Nov 26, 4:10 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Syracuse, KS | |
| Nov 26, 4:20 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Ulysses, KS | |
| Nov 26, 4:41 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Syracuse, KS | FROM WEATHERBUG SITE AT SYRACUSE JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL |
| Nov 26, 6:27 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ese Kendall, KS | |
| Nov 26, 6:27 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ese Kendall, KS |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
477 WWUS73 KDDC 260839 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 239 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...EXPECT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. AS A RESULT OF SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE RISES AND MIXING...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-270000- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.111126T1200Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0010.111126T0839Z-111127T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 239 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 /139 AM MST SAT NOV 26 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY BY THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-270000- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.111126T0839Z-111127T0000Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 239 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY BY THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO... LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CARTS CAN BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$ 36
1 follow-up statement
873 WWUS73 KDDC 262136 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 336 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTHWARD IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF MORE HOURS BEFORE MIXING DECREASES. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-270000- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 336 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 /236 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...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 /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO... LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CARTS CAN BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-270000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 336 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO... LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CARTS CAN BE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.