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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 14, 2011, 12:14 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr. 39 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 17:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:38 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Garden City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 3:45 AM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | Dighton, KS | SNOW ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN TOWN AND THESE ACCUMULATIONS WERE MAINLY ON THE GRASSY AREAS. |
| Apr 15, 3:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Liberal, KS | |
| Apr 15, 4:18 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Dodge City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 4:27 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Garden City, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE BERNADINE SITTS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 6:18 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Nne Dodge City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 6:20 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 2 Sw Hugoton, KS | |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 1 Ese Scott City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Coolidge, KS | THIS IS A 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AMOUNT AND MOST OF IT WAS ON THE 14TH. |
| Apr 15, 8:25 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Garden City, KS | A 30 FOOT LOCUST TREE WAS UPROOTED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY. THIS REPORT WAS RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Apr 15, 8:49 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Scott City, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 9:02 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Syracuse, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE JUNIOR SENIOR SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 9:17 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 9 Ese Garden City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 9:39 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Elkhart, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE ELKHART MIDDLE SCHOOL VIA THE MEDIA. |
| Apr 15, 9:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 1 W Liberal, KS | |
| Apr 15, 9:56 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 10:29 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Ulysses, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE HICKOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 10:32 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Protection, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TREE FALLING ONTO A HOUSE IN PROTECTION. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. |
| Apr 15, 11:10 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Ness City, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 11:11 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Wright, KS | A SEMI TRUCK WAS BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 50/56. |
| Apr 15, 11:13 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Deerfield, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 11:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Coldwater, KS | A RADIO TOWER WITH AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF 40 FOOT WAS BLOWN OVER IN COLDWATER. |
| Apr 15, 11:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dodge City, KS | THE CIVIC CENTER HAD MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Apr 15, 11:40 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Protection, KS | MULTIPLE POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN PROTECTION. |
| Apr 15, 11:41 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Healy, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 11:48 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 E Elkhart, KS | |
| Apr 15, 11:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Dodge City, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM LINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 11:54 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 1 Nne Dodge City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 12:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kinsley, KS | LARGE SECTION OF ROOF PEELED OFF FORMER CAR DEALERSHIP BUILDING AND LANDED ONTO ADJACENT STREET CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO SOME VEHICLES PARKED NEAR THE BUILDING. THIS REPORT WAS RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Apr 15, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dodge City, KS | SIX 18 WHEELERS WERE BLOWN OVER THROUGHOUT FORD COUNTY. |
| Apr 15, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Kinsley, KS | LARGE SECTION OF ROOF PEELED OFF FORMER CAR DEALERSHIP BUILDING AND LANDED ONTO ADJACENT STREET CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO SOME VEHICLES PARKED NEAR THE BUILDING. THIS REPORT WAS RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Apr 15, 12:09 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Holcomb, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 12:26 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Ingalls, KS | THIS REPORT IS FROM THE SCHOOL. |
| Apr 15, 12:50 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 9 Ese Garden City, KS | |
| Apr 15, 1:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 1 W Liberal, KS | |
| Apr 15, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 2 E Medicine Lodge, KS | |
| Apr 15, 3:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | Dodge City, KS | MEASUREMENT MADE BY ANEMOMETER FROM DAVIS WEATHER STATION ON TOP OF OWNERS ROOF AT 30 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. |
| Apr 15, 5:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mullinville, KS | ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF CITY MAINTENANCE BUILDING ON MAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY 400 IN MULLINVILLE. |
| Apr 15, 5:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mullinville, KS | ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF CITY MAINTENANCE BUILDING ON MAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY 400 IN MULLINVILLE. |
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 12:00Z, 5.2 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
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
230 WWUS73 KDDC 141714 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1214 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-150500- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0001.110415T0600Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0003.110415T0600Z-110416T0000Z/ 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 1214 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /1114 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE CONSIDERABLY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THAT COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ GERARD
4 follow-up statements
400 WWUS73 KDDC 150332 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1032 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WINDS TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUED TO MATURE OVER KANSAS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY CREATING AN EXTREMELY INTENSE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-151145- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0003.110415T0600Z-110416T0000Z/ 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 1032 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /932 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF THIS HIGH WIND EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO BE MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH BY EARLY EVENING FRIDAY. * WINDS: THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 40 TO 55 MPH. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND A FEW WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH...IF NOT REACH 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE IS EXPECTED FOR TRAVELERS PARTICULARLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS WHERE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. THESE CROSS WINDS WILL BE MAGNIFIED AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. SHORT-TERM POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH EVEN A FEW POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE LASTING AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IF GUSTS REACH 70 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TAKE ACTION NOW TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE IF POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS ALSO DISCOURAGED DURING THE HEIGHT OF HIGH WIND EVENT. && $$ UMSCHEID
603 WWUS73 KDDC 150944 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 444 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH WINDS TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS TODAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH WINDS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-151745- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ 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 444 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /344 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 40 TO 55 MPH. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND A FEW WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE IS EXPECTED FOR TRAVELERS PARTICULARLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS WHERE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. THESE CROSS WINDS WILL BE MAGNIFIED AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. SHORT-TERM POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH EVEN A FEW POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE LASTING AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IF GUSTS REACH 70 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TAKE ACTION NOW TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE IF POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS ALSO DISCOURAGED DURING THE HEIGHT OF HIGH WIND EVENT. && $$
168 WWUS73 KDDC 151509 AAA NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1009 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-160000- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ 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 1009 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /909 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...INTENSE HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING QUICKLY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ALONG EAST/WEST ROADS AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY. THESE CROSS WINDS WILL BE MAGNIFIED AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. SHORT POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH A FEW POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLY LASTING SEVERAL HOURS. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WHEN GUSTS EXCEED 70 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TAKE ACTION NOW TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE IF POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS ALSO DISCOURAGED DURING THE HEIGHT OF HIGH WIND EVENT. && $$
374 WWUS73 KDDC 152357 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND EVENT WINDING DOWN... .AS THE VIGOROUS UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WIND EVENT TODAY CONTINUES TO PULL EAST...WINDS WILL CONTINUE A DOWNWARD TREND IN STRENGTH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-160300- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.110416T0000Z-110416T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECREASING SLOWLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-160100- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /557 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY FOLLOWING THE HIGH WIND EVENT. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE BY 9 PM CDT. $$ 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.