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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 20135 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 28, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
May 28, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 6:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.7520 Se Coldwater, KS
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.7513 Se Ashland, KS
May 28, 6:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.7510 Se Ashland, KS
May 28, 6:33 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 W Buttermilk, KS
May 28, 7:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 Se Coldwater, 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

575 
WWUS73 KDDC 282215
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS
EVENING...

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...

.LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS FROM THE ANVIL PORTION OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MEADE COUNTY ARE PRODUCING DOWN BURST WINDS ACROSS CLARK AND
COMANCHE COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE BEING REPORTED
FROM THE SHOWERS. THE WEAK SHOWERS SHOULD SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO
THE AREA FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE THROUGH THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.

A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTH WINDS
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH.

KSZ080-081-088>090-290600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0003.130528T2215Z-130529T0100Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.130529T1500Z-130530T0200Z/
KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...
KIOWA...SUN CITY
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY EVENING.
  STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED AGAIN FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
  UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
  EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT. 
  SMALL YARD ITEMS CAN ARE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>079-086-087-290600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.130529T1500Z-130530T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
SEWARD-MEADE-
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...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT. 
  SMALL YARD ITEMS CAN ARE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:39 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more31 hr
May 28, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade45 min
May 28, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward45 min
May 28, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade53 min
May 28, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade57 min
May 28, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche65 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche50 min
May 28, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche51 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell47 min
May 28, 6:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCRush27 min

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.