Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 31, 2011, 2:59 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. 19 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
- Dec 31, 2011, 2:59 AM CST (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:58 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Syracuse, KS | |
| Dec 31, 4:03 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Syracuse, KS | THE REPORT WAS FROM KSNW WEATHER LAB SITE AT SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Dec 31, 4:24 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Garden City, KS | WIND WAS MEASURED AT THE KSNW WEATHER LAB SITE AT BERNADINE SITTS SCHOOL IN GARDEN CITY. |
| Dec 31, 4:28 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Ese Kendall, KS | |
| Dec 31, 4:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Lakin, KS | |
| Dec 31, 4:44 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Scott City, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED BY THE SCOTT CITY AWOS. |
| Dec 31, 4:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Scott City, KS | WIND WAS MEASURED BY KSNW WEATHER LAB AT SCOTT CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
| Dec 31, 4:50 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Wsw Friend, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED AT A HOME WEATHER STATION. |
| Dec 31, 4:50 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Wnw Shallow Water, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED BY A HOME WEATHER STATION. |
| Dec 31, 4:52 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Johnson City, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED AT THE KSNW WEATHER LAB AT STANTON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
| Dec 31, 4:58 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Johnson City, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED BY THE JOHNSON CITY AWOS. |
| Dec 31, 5:03 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | |
| Dec 31, 5:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Liberal, KS | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE OCCURRED FROM 615 PM THROUGH 715 PM. |
| Dec 31, 5:36 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Hugoton, KS | |
| Dec 31, 5:42 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Healy, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED AT THE KSNW WEATHER LAB AT HEALY HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Dec 31, 5:58 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Elkhart, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED AT THE ELKHART AMOS SITE. |
| Dec 31, 5:58 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nne Dodge City, KS | THE WIND WAS MEASURED AT A HOME WEATHER STATION. |
| Dec 31, 6:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Dighton, KS | |
| Dec 31, 6:51 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 E Dodge City, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697 WWUS73 KDDC 310859 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 259 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-311800- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0005.111231T1800Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0011.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT 259 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 /159 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 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 FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT FROM AROUND 10 AM TO NOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO PRATT. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY OUTSIDE ITEMS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IN THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ074-084>090-311800- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0042.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 259 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT AROUND 10 AM TO 1 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY BY 6 PM. * IMPACTS..THE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
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
348 WWUS73 KDDC 312014 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 214 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WINDS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY AS WELL. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-010300- /O.EXT.KDDC.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 214 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 /114 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL THEN TAPER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY OUTSIDE ITEMS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IN THE HIGH WINDS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND INTERMITTENT POWER INTERRUPTIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SUGDEN
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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.