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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 23, 20146 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 23, 2014, 3:35 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 23, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 5 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
Dec 23, 2014, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 23, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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
Dec 23, 10:06 AM CSTSNOW 1Hugoton, KSVIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Dec 23, 10:06 AM CSTSNOW 1Ulysses, KS
Dec 23, 11:29 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 541 Ne Johnson City, KSMESONET STATION 1 NE JOHNSON CITY /KJHN/
Dec 23, 12:43 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 562 Nnw Ulysses, KSMESONET STATION 1 NW ULYSSES /KULS/
Dec 23, 1:29 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 581 Ne Johnson City, KSMESONET STATION 1 NE JOHNSON CITY /KJHN/

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2014-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

211 
WWUS73 KDDC 230935
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
335 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WERE DEVELOPING ALOFT OVER EASTERN
COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND THESE ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AT
THE SURFACE WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA. THESE FEATURES WILL
RESULT IN HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-232200-
/O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0006.141223T1200Z-141224T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0013.141223T1200Z-141224T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
335 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN AREAS OF CROSSWIND... WHICH WOULD
  MAINLY BE EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS OVER OPEN AREAS. WINDS WILL BE
  ENHANCED AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT
  ROOF DAMAGE COULD OCCUR ALONG WITH SPORADIC... BRIEF POWER
  INTERRUPTIONS. THE HIGH WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
  DUST TO DEVELOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
190 
WWUS73 KDDC 231738
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1138 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EVENING...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ADDITION TO MIXING AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER
HAS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-240000-
/O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
1138 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CST.

* WINDS...NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN AREAS OF CROSSWIND... WHICH WOULD
  MAINLY BE EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS OVER OPEN AREAS. WINDS WILL BE
  ENHANCED AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT
  ROOF DAMAGE COULD OCCUR ALONG WITH SPORADIC... BRIEF POWER
  INTERRUPTIONS. THE HIGH WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
  DUST TO DEVELOP. AREA OF LIGHT BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE
  WITH TEMPORARILY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SAID AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
571 
WWUS73 KDDC 232338
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
538 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...STRONG NORTH WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASING TONIGHT...

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-240045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
538 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT.

$$

06

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 9:22 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 4 more118 min

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.