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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 5, 201110 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 5, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Nov 5, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 00:00Z on 2011-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

735 
WWUS73 KDDC 050914
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
414 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS.
 
KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-051800-
/O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0004.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0009.111105T1800Z-111106T0000Z/
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET
414 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /314 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THE HIGHER WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND
  PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...IF SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ABLE TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...IT IS POSSIBLE LIGHT STRUCTURAL
  DAMAGE COULD OCCUR.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ044-051800-
/O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0004.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/
LANE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DIGHTON
414 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST
  THROUGH SUNSET.

* WINDS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT
  ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE
  BLOWN AWAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-051800-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-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...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
414 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST
  THROUGH SUNSET.

* WINDS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY. WINDS OF THIS
  MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST
  ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
929 
WWUS73 KDDC 051641
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1141 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL HOWL TODAY.

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS.

KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-060000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0009.111105T1800Z-111106T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET
1141 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /1041 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN BEGIN TO
  SUBSIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY. WINDS OF THIS
  MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST- WEST
  ROADS AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-060000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-
EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...
KIOWA...SUN CITY
1141 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS BLOW THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN SUBSIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY. WINDS OF 
  THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST- 
  WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$

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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.