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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 11, 2014, 10:13 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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 11, 2014, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 11, 10:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | La Crosse, KS | LAW ENFORECMENT REPORTED TRAIN CARS BLOWN OVER ALONG TRACK FROM ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF LA CROSSE INTO THE CITY OF LA CROSSE ITSELF. |
| Jun 11, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Larned, KS | A FLAT ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF A BUSINESS ON THE WEST SIDE OF LARNED. ALSO, A COUPLE OF 12-INCH TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN, ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE OF LARNED. |
| Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Macksville, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DOWNED TREE BRANCH APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES IN DIAMETER ON HIGHWAY 50 IN MACKSVILLE. |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685 WWUS73 KDDC 120313 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1013 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT BEHIND ADVANCING COLD FRONT... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEHIND A LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 AM CDT. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-077>081-120800- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0011.140612T0313Z-140612T0800Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT 1013 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM CDT. * WINDS...AROUND 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.