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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 3, 2014, 10:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 110 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2014, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2014, 12:25 AM CDT
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2014-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1249 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-369 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 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.

609 
WWUS73 KDDC 040335
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE FROM WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAT
BURSTS THROUGH 1 AM...

.STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HEAT BURSTS ARE CAUSED BY
DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS AND ONLY DEVELOP IN AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE
ENVIRONMENT. THE RARE SETUP FOR A HEAT BURST IS DRY AIR DIRECTLY
BENEATH A WEAKENING ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM. 

KSZ030-031-045-046-040600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0009.140604T0335Z-140604T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM.

* WINDS...WIND GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS FOR VERY LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

BURGERT
1 follow-up statement
911 
WWUS73 KDDC 040525
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1225 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...HIGH WINDS WERE SUBSIDING...

.HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA IS NO LONGER BEING OBSERVED. THUS, THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED.

KSZ030-031-045-046-040630-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER
1225 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS FELL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny45 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny38 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFinney, Kearny35 min
Jun 3, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney19 min
Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Kearny49 min
Jun 3, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness18 min
Jun 3, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush55 min
Jun 3, 9:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFinney6 hr
Jun 3, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman44 min
Jun 3, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness51 min
Jun 3, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford41 min
Jun 3, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness48 min
Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford49 min
Jun 3, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards46 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.