Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jan 16, 2014, 2:26 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 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
- Jan 16, 2014, 2:26 AM CST (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2014, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
308 WWUS73 KDDC 160826 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 226 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT... STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING BY SUNSET. KSZ030-031-043>046-161630- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.140116T1200Z-140117T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.140116T1500Z-140117T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 226 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 35 MPH TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, BUREAU OF AIR, RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT, SUCH AS STAYING INDOORS OR WEARING PROTECTIVE BREATHING MASKS IF OUTSIDE. HIGH DUST CONCENTRATIONS CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY, AGGRAVATE ASTHMA, AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED && $$ KSZ062>066-076>081-086>090-161630- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.140116T1500Z-140117T0100Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 226 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 42
3 follow-up statements
878 WWUS73 KDDC 161702 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1102 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO DIMINISH AS SUNSET APPROACHES. KSZ030-031-043>046-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 1102 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 35 MPH TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, BUREAU OF AIR, RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY, AGGRAVATE ASTHMA, AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, ELDERLY, OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ KSZ062>066-076>081-086>090-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1102 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
502 WWUS73 KDDC 161755 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1155 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO DIMINISH AS SUNSET APPROACHES. KSZ030-031-043>046-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 1155 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 35 MPH TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS... DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY... AGGRAVATE ASTHMA... AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY... OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-085-170100- /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1155 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 /1055 AM MST THU JAN 16 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ062>066-076>081-086>090-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...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 1155 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY RELOCATED TO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION. STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
014 WWUS73 KDDC 162355 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 555 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 KSZ030-031-043>046-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 555 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA AND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. && $$ KSZ061>066-074>081-085>090-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140117T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 555 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 /455 PM MST THU JAN 16 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. && $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 13 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014
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.