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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 10:06 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Hugoton, KS | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 23, 10:06 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Ulysses, KS | |
| Dec 23, 11:29 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 Ne Johnson City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 NE JOHNSON CITY /KJHN/ |
| Dec 23, 12:43 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 2 Nnw Ulysses, KS | MESONET STATION 1 NW ULYSSES /KULS/ |
| Dec 23, 1:29 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ne Johnson City, KS | MESONET 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:22 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 4 more | 118 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.