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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Feb 25, 2012, 2:53 PM CST for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Feb 25, 2012, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 7:12 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WWUS73 KDDC 252053 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 253 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. KSZ063-064-076>078-085>088-260300- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0003.120225T2053Z-120226T0300Z/ FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 253 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062-065-066-074-075-079>081-084-089-090-260500- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 253 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
693 WWUS73 KDDC 252117 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 317 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. KSZ063-064-076>078-085>088-260300- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120226T0300Z/ FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 317 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062-065-066-074-075-079>081-084-089-090-260300- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 317 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
186 WWUS73 KDDC 260112 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 712 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 KSZ063-064-076>078-085>088-260215- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120226T0300Z/ FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 712 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...WINDS AT WARNING CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062-065-066-074-075-079>081-084-089-090-260215- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T0300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 712 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...WINDS AT ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 16 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.