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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 11, 2014, 4:09 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 11, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 9 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
- Mar 11, 2014, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2014, 10:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 25 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 1:48 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Nne Syracuse, KS | MESONET STATION SYRACUSE /K3K3/ |
| Mar 11, 2:31 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 E Dodge City, KS | |
| Mar 11, 2:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Ene Garden City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ENE GARDEN CITY /KS010/ |
| Mar 11, 4:15 PM CDT | DUST STORM | Sanford, KS | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED |
| Mar 11, 4:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ene Garden City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ENE GARDEN CITY /KS010/ |
| Mar 11, 7:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Nnw Pierceville, KS | KGCK ASOS |
| Mar 11, 7:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | ASOS STATION DODGE CITY, KS /DDC/ |
| Mar 11, 8:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ssw Iuka, KS | AWOS STATION PRATT INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE /PTT/ |
| Mar 11, 8:49 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Pratt, KS | FROM TWITTER |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 4255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036 WWUS73 KDDC 110909 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 409 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS KANSAS WILL LEAD TO HIGH WIND DEVELOPMENT AS A SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION, HOWEVER AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 TO THE COLORADO BORDER ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST WINDS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ALSO A CONCERN. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-111800- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.140311T1700Z-140312T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.140311T1800Z-140312T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 409 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /309 AM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-EVENING...STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. * BLOWING DUST...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY AROUND 1 TO 2 MILES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MUCH LOWER VISIBILITY AROUND LOOSE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG WITH SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, BUREAU OF AIR, RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY, AGGRAVATE ASTHMA, AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, ELDERLY, OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ KSZ030-031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-111800- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.140311T1800Z-140312T0400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 409 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-EVENING...STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
883 WWUS73 KDDC 111516 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1016 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL LEAD TO HIGH WIND DEVELOPMENT AS A SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...HOWEVER AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 TO THE COLORADO BORDER ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST WINDS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ALSO A CONCERN. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-120400- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0004.140311T1800Z-140312T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1016 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /916 AM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-EVENING...STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. * BLOWING DUST...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY AROUND 1 TO 2 MILES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MUCH LOWER VISIBILITY AROUND LOOSE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG WITH SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS... DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY... AGGRAVATE ASTHMA... AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY... OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ KSZ030-031-120400- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.140311T1600Z-140312T0400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 1016 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 11 PM WITH THE STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ046-065-066-079>081-089-090-120400- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.140311T1800Z-140312T0400Z/ RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED... BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1016 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-EVENING...STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FINCH
467 WWUS73 KDDC 120130 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 830 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUING... .INTENSE CYCLOGENESIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED STRONG WINDS. KSZ046-065-066-079>081-089-090-120400- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140312T0400Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140312T0400Z/ RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED... BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 830 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-120400- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140312T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 830 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /730 PM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. * BLOWING DUST...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY AROUND 1 TO 2 MILES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MUCH LOWER VISIBILITY AROUND LOOSE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG WITH SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT... BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS... DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY... AGGRAVATE ASTHMA... AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY... OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ KSZ030-031-120400- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140312T0400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 830 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADS AND NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
928 WWUS73 KDDC 120353 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1053 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...HIGH WINDS DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS RELAXING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS REGION WHICH RESULTED IN DECREASING WIND SPEEDS. KSZ043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-120500- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140312T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1053 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /953 PM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS DECREASING FURTHER AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ KSZ030-031-120500- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140312T0400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 1053 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 1 AM WITH WINDS DECREASING FURTHER THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ UMSCHEID
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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.