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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDT | FLOOD | 1 N Ellis, KS | FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF ELLIS JUST NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 70. IT WAS ALSO FLOODING BELOW THE INTERSTATE 70 OVERPASS. |
| Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.52 | 1 N Ellis, KS | THE RAIN FELL BETWEEN 230 AM AND 530 AM. |
| Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hays, KS | TRAFFIC LIGHTS BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS. |
| Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Munjor, KS | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOW DOWN. |
| Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pfeifer, KS | NUMEROUS POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN |
| Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Schoenchen, KS | NUMEROUS 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Rush | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 116 min |
| Jun 5, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Scott and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 61 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.