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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 26, 201410 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jan 26, 2014, 7:03 PM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 110 min. 2 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
Jan 26, 2014, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2014, 8:53 PM CST
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 26, 7:25 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 623 E Dodge City, KSTHIS WAS A MEASURED WIND GUST FROM THE BACKUP WEATHER INSTRUMENT AT DODGE CITY NWS
Jan 26, 7:28 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 609 Ese Garden City, KSTHIS WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT ASOS

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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2014-01-27Temperature 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 2014-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
2459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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.

330 
WWUS73 KDDC 270103
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
703 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS
EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNRISE
MONDAY MORNING.

KSZ063>066-076>081-270915-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0002.140127T0103Z-140127T0400Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/
FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
703 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM CST.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061-062-074-075-084>090-270915-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
703 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /603 PM MST SUN JAN 26 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/
MONDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM CST.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 55 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
526 
WWUS73 KDDC 270253
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
853 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT
PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO
MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS SOUTHWARD INTO MUCH OF KANSAS.

KSZ063>066-076>081-271000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/
FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
853 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM CST.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061-062-074-075-084>090-271000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
853 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /753 PM MST SUN JAN 26 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/
MONDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 AM CST.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS 
  PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS CAN BE EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 12:48 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott11 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.