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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 11, 2011, 5:37 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
- May 11, 2011, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ulysses, KS | TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| May 11, 6:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakin, KS | A TELEPHONE POLE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN LAKIN. |
| May 11, 6:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 8 N Garden City, KS | |
| May 11, 7:02 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Garden City, KS | THE FINNEY COUNTY DISPATCHER REPORTED SEVERAL TRAMPOLINES BLOWN AROUND AND TRASH DUMPSTERS BLOWING IN THE STREETS. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
363 WWUS73 KDDC 111037 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAS SURGING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-111400- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110511T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.110511T1037Z-110511T1400Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /437 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH 9 AM. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LIBERAL BY 6 AM AND THEN GARDEN CITY...LAKIN AND SUBLETTE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ063-077-111400- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.110511T1037Z-110511T1400Z/ FINNEY-GRAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA 537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH 9 AM. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GARDEN CITY...LAKIN AND SUBLETTE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
619 WWUS73 KDDC 111303 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 803 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAS SURGING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. KSZ061-074-075-084-085-111415- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1400Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 803 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /703 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE HIGH WINDS HAVE ENDED SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ062-063-076-077-086-087-111415- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1400Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 803 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 AM. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
010 WWUS73 KDDC 111412 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 912 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 KSZ062-063-076-077-086-087-111515- /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1400Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 912 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 72 min |
| May 11, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 11, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 2 hr |
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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.