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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 2014Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 5, 2014, 6:24 AM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 96 min. 6 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
Jun 5, 2014, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDTFLOOD1 N Ellis, KSFLOODING WAS OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF ELLIS JUST NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 70. IT WAS ALSO FLOODING BELOW THE INTERSTATE 70 OVERPASS.
Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.521 N Ellis, KSTHE RAIN FELL BETWEEN 230 AM AND 530 AM.
Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGHays, KSTRAFFIC LIGHTS BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS.
Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGMunjor, KSNUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOW DOWN.
Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGPfeifer, KSNUMEROUS POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN
Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGSchoenchen, KSNUMEROUS POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN.

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 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1897 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 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
1897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

955 
WWUS73 KDDC 051124
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
624 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...HIGH WINDS IN WAKE OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX..

.A CORRIDOR OF HIGH NORTH WINDS WERE OCCURRING ON THE BACK SIDE OF
AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX FROM HAYS DOWN TOWARD LA CROSSE.

KSZ031-046-051300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0010.140605T1124Z-140605T1300Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER
624 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

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

* TIMING...UNTIL 8AM

* WINDS...55 TO 70 MPH IN GUSTS FROM THE NORTH

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 MAY LEAD TO
  OVERTURNED SEMIS. POWERLINE DAMAGE CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
487 
WWUS73 KDDC 051235
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
735 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...HIGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BEHIND DEPARTING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...

KSZ031-046-051345-
/O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140605T1300Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER
735 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS ELLIS AND RUSH
COUNTY TO 20 TO 30 MPH. 

NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED ACROSS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION
OF ELLIS COUNTY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF HAYS WHERE TREES WERE DOWN
ALONG WITH SOME OTHER LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush38 min
Jun 5, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny45 min
Jun 5, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego116 min
Jun 5, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott55 min
Jun 5, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess54 min
Jun 5, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Scott and 1 more6 hr
Jun 5, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 1 more59 min
Jun 5, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush42 min
Jun 5, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego6 hr
Jun 5, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 1 more39 min
Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush30 min
Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush, Trego22 min
Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford61 min

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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.