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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 201415 counties in Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLa Crosse, KSLAW 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 CDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Larned, KSA 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 CDTTSTM WND DMGMacksville, KSLAW 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1716 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 2014-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
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

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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. 

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis54 min
Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego64 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott62 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness62 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego4 hr
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego60 min
Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness45 min
Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Rush51 min
Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness40 min
Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford64 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more62 min
Jun 12, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber35 min
Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego12 hr

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.