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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Feb 27, 2012, 5:49 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2012, 5:49 AM CST (11:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2012, 3:29 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 3730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678 WWUS73 KDDC 271149 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 549 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS ON TUESDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON BEHIND A DRYLINE AS IT CROSSES WESTERN KANSAS EARLY TUESDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-272130- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0003.120228T1600Z-120229T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 549 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 /449 AM MST MON FEB 27 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 10 AM. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. * WINDS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
718 WWUS73 KDDC 272129 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 329 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS ON TUESDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON BEHIND A DRYLINE AS IT CROSSES WESTERN KANSAS BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-280530- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0003.120228T1600Z-120229T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 329 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 /229 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 11 AM. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. * WINDS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-045-064-078-088-280530- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ TREGO-NESS-HODGEMAN-FORD-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... NESS CITY...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 329 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM NOON THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. * WINDS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * 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. && $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:29 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 27 hr |
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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.