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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 20116 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 8:32 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

320 
WWUS73 KDDC 242302
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...HIGH WINDS ARE BECOMING WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...

.STRONG WINDS MIXING DOWN FROM ALOFT ARE CREATING GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. 

KSZ064-078>080-088-089-250200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0005.110524T2302Z-110525T0200Z/
HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING: HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE.
  GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS HIGH CAN EASILY OVERTURN LARGE PROFILE
  VEHICLES.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
806 
WWUS73 KDDC 250132
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
832 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...HIGH WINDS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...

.HIGH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA AND THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

KSZ064-078>080-088-089-250245-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110525T0200Z/
HODGEMAN-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
832 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark40 min
May 24, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott39 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott61 min
May 24, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott42 min
May 24, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott45 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego42 min
May 24, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness52 min
May 24, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis38 min
May 24, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego52 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego46 min
May 24, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis30 min
May 24, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush40 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens42 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens45 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens37 min
May 24, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton39 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell43 min
May 24, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Haskell45 min
May 24, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell40 min
May 24, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens50 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stevens32 min
May 24, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray47 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray46 min
May 24, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray41 min
May 24, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton50 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane43 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness27 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness21 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt29 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford39 min
May 24, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush44 min
May 24, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush39 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott50 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford32 min
May 24, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush44 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford24 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush, Trego28 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush22 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush51 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush15 min
May 24, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush16 min
May 24, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford32 min
May 24, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush24 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush20 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee18 min

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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.