Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 29, 2014, 12:43 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2014, 10:00 AM 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
- Apr 29, 2014, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:38 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | ASOS STATION GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT /GCK/ |
| Apr 29, 10:40 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 Ene Garden City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ENE GARDEN CITY /KS010/ |
| Apr 29, 10:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 Ene Garden City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ENE GARDEN CITY /KS010/ |
| Apr 29, 11:07 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ese Scott City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ESE SCOTT CITY /KTQK/ |
| Apr 29, 11:23 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ese Scott City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ESE SCOTT CITY /KTQK/ |
| Apr 29, 12:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | ASOS STATION GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT /GCK/ |
| Apr 29, 12:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | ASOS STATION GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT /GCK/ |
| Apr 29, 12:46 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nnw Ulysses, KS | MESONET STATION 1 NW ULYSSES /KULS/ |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nne Syracuse, KS | MESONET STATION SYRACUSE /K3K3/ |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
181 WWUS73 KDDC 290543 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1243 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY... .AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE SLOWLY TODAY AND BE OVER IOWA BY TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS TODAY, AND VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-291600- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0005.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0008.140429T1500Z-140430T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140429T1500Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1243 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 /1143 PM MDT MON APR 28 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING, WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM MID- MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH TUESDAY, WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. 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 PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ086-291600- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0008.140429T1500Z-140430T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140429T1500Z/ SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERAL...KISMET 1243 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS MORNING, WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM MID- MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH TUESDAY, WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT...BUREAU OF AIR...RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS...DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY...AGGRAVATE ASTHMA...AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN...ELDERLY...OR THOSE WITH PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-087>090-291600- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 1243 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING, INCREASING BY MID-MORNING TO NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LOCALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING DUST ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. 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 PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
158 WWUS73 KDDC 291616 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1116 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY... .AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE SLOWLY TODAY AND BE OVER IOWA BY TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS TODAY... AND VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT. KSZ043-063-076-300030- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ SCOTT-FINNEY-HASKELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... SUBLETTE...SATANTA 1116 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MIDDAY TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LOCALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING DUST ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT...BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS...DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY...AGGRAVATE ASTHMA...AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN...ELDERLY.. OR THOSE WITH PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084>086-300030- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET 1116 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 /1016 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MIDDAY TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH * IMPACTS...DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. 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 PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-300030- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 1116 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MIDDAY TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LOCALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING DUST ADJACENT TO OPEN FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT...BUREAU OF AIR... RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO POSSIBLE HIGHER DUST CONCENTRATIONS DURING THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. HIGHER LEVELS OF DUST CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS...DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY...AGGRAVATE ASTHMA...AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART- RELATED PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN...ELDERLY.. OR THOSE WITH PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
273 WWUS73 KDDC 300056 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 756 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-300200- /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET 756 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 /656 PM MDT TUE APR 29 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH 10 PM, AND THEN DECREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-300200- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 756 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BURGERT
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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.