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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Dec 18, 2012, 9:43 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 5:04 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612 WWUS73 KDDC 181543 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 943 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM CLARK TO MORTON COUNTY. KSZ084>088-182345- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0005.121219T2100Z-121220T0900Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 943 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY 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 AND TRAMPOLINES CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP SUBSTANTIAL DUST...LIKELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
417 WWUS73 KDDC 182144 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM CLARK TO MORTON COUNTY AS WELL AS STANTON TO HAMILTON COUNTIES. KSZ074>076-190545- /O.EXB.KDDC.HW.A.0005.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP SUBSTANTIAL DUST...LIKELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ KSZ084>088-190545- /O.EXT.KDDC.HW.A.0005.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY 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 AND TRAMPOLINES CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP SUBSTANTIAL DUST...LIKELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HOVORKA 42
706 WWUS73 KDDC 190350 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 950 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO FAR SOUTHERN KANSAS. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM CLARK TO MORTON COUNTY AS WELL AS STANTON TO HAMILTON COUNTIES. KSZ074>076-084>088-191200- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0005.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 950 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP SUBSTANTIAL DUST...LIKELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SUGDEN
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. && $$ KSZ061>063-077-078-192200- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0010.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN 504 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /404 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AT 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 3:44 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 2 more | 32 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.