Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 19, 2012, 5:04 AM CST for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 11 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
- Dec 19, 2012, 5:04 AM CST (11:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 5:20 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Garden City, KS | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER ALSO REPORTS VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/4 OF A MILE, LIGHT SNOW, AND POWER FLUCTUATIONS. |
| Dec 19, 5:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Nne Syracuse, KS | |
| Dec 19, 5:28 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 S Coolidge, KS | |
| Dec 19, 5:57 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ese Kendall, KS | |
| Dec 19, 6:17 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ese Kendall, KS | |
| Dec 19, 6:20 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Nne Kendall, KS | |
| Dec 19, 6:20 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Nne Syracuse, KS | |
| Dec 19, 6:57 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 8 Ese Garden City, KS | |
| Dec 19, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Garden City, KS | FINNEY COUNTY REPORTS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 15 S Amy, KS | THERE WAS ONE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 19, 8:58 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 E Dodge City, KS |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 3219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846 WWUS73 KDDC 191104 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 504 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA FROM SYRACUSE TO GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY SOUTH SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. IN ADDITION, SOME LIGHT SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM SYRACUSE TO GARDEN CITY. KSZ074>076-084>088-192200- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0005.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0010.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 504 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. SOME BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ061>063-077-078-192200- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0010.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN 504 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /404 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
3 follow-up statements
543 WWUS73 KDDC 191640 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1040 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED AS STRONG LOW MOVES ACROSS KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. IN ADDITION... SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW VISIBILITIES TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES. KSZ066-079>081-089-090-200045- /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0010.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1040 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS MOST LIKELY DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH. * SNOW...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND QUICK DURATION OF THE PRECIPITATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR UNLIKELY. SHOULD A HEAVIER SNOW BAND DEVELOP...BRIEF WHITE OUT OR NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-200045- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0010.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1040 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /940 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS MOST LIKELY DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH. * SNOW...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND QUICK DURATION OF THE PRECIPITATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR UNLIKELY. SHOULD A HEAVIER SNOW BAND DEVELOP...BRIEF WHITE OUT OR NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ UMSCHEID
923 WWUS73 KDDC 192338 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 538 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW. HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 OR 65 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS, LIGHT SNOW, AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO 1/2 OR 1/4 OF A MILE AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. KSZ061>063-066-074>081-084>090-200600- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...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 538 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /438 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...THIS EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH. * SNOW...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND QUICK DURATION OF THE PRECIPITATION...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR UNLIKELY. SHOULD A HEAVIER SNOW BAND DEVELOP...BRIEF WHITE OUT OR NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ 06
774 WWUS73 KDDC 200548 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1148 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED... .AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST FROM CENTRAL KANSAS THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY MORNING. KSZ061>063-066-074>081-084>090-200700- /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1148 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /1048 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE. ALSO AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:56 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.