Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 10, 2012, 9:24 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 10, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 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
- Nov 10, 2012, 9:24 AM CST (15:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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 15:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 11:15 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Syracuse, KS | VISIBILITY WAS THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Nov 10, 1:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Ulysses, KS | BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE MILE AT THE WIND GUST TIME. |
| Nov 10, 1:36 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Nnw Pierceville, KS | MEASURED AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT. |
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 12:00Z, 3.4 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
- 2146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWUS73 KDDC 101524 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FORM ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-102330- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.121110T1700Z-121111T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0009.121110T1700Z-121111T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 /824 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * TIMING...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN WINDS THIS STRONG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-102330- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.121110T1700Z-121111T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
983 WWUS73 KDDC 101824 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1224 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FORM ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ043-044-063-076-086-110100- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL...KISMET 1224 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * TIMING...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN WINDS THIS STRONG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-110100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1224 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 /1124 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN WINDS THIS STRONG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-110100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ 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 1224 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
130 WWUS73 KDDC 110045 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 645 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...WINDS HAVE SETTLED DOWN... .AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTHEAST TONIGHT, THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WHICH WAS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS WILL DECREASE. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-110145- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 645 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 /545 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-110145- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ 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 645 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA, BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 27 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.