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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Nov 4, 2011, 12:10 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2011, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 4:14 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, Lane County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
091 WWUS73 KDDC 041710 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1210 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A SHARP UPPER TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION TONIGHT. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING WITH IT A VERY STRONG MID LEVEL JET WHICH WILL ACT TO CREATE A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW STRONG WIND GUSTS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-050115- /O.NEW.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 1210 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON APPROACHES AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO THE 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-050115- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0004.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 1210 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 /1110 AM MDT FRI NOV 4 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON APPROACHES AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...IF SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ABLE TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH, IT IS POSSIBLE LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE COULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ 33/25
2 follow-up statements
621 WWUS73 KDDC 050113 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 813 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A SHARP UPPER TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION TONIGHT. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING WITH IT A VERY STRONG MID LEVEL JET WHICH WILL ACT TO CREATE A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW STRONG WIND GUSTS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-050915- /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 813 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON APPROACHES AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO THE 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-050915- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0004.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 813 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 /713 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON APPROACHES AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...IF SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ABLE TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... IT IS POSSIBLE LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE COULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ 42
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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 12:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
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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.