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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind chill warning at Jan 6, 2014, 3:55 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2014, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
510 WWUS43 KDDC 060955 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 355 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT... .A BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND SOUTHWARD TOWARD WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW ZERO AT MOST PLACES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES LEADING TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-077>079-061500- /O.UPG.KDDC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WC.W.0001.140106T0955Z-140106T1500Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 355 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 /255 AM MST MON JAN 6 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ074-075-084>086-061500- /O.EXA.KDDC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 355 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KSZ066-076-080-081-087>090-061500- /O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1500Z/ STAFFORD-HASKELL-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 355 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
766 WWUS43 KDDC 061428 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 828 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT... .A BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS BY 10 AM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL WARM. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-077>079-061600- /O.EXT.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 828 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 /728 AM MST MON JAN 6 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ066-074>076-080-081-084>090-061600- /O.EXT.KDDC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1600Z/ STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 828 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
177 WWUS43 KDDC 061554 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 954 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL VALUES IMPROVING... .FULL SUNSHINE WAS ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS REGION WHICH IS ALLOWING WIND CHILL VALUES TO IMPROVE TO WARMER THAN 15 BELOW ZERO. LOCATIONS THAT WERE STILL COLDER THAN 15 BELOW WILL BE IMPROVING RAPIDLY THROUGH 11 AM. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-077>079-061700- /O.EXP.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 954 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 /854 AM MST MON JAN 6 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES WARM UNDER FULL SUNSHINE. $$ KSZ066-074>076-080-081-084>090-061700- /O.EXP.KDDC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1600Z/ STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 954 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES WARM UNDER FULL SUNSHINE. $$
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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.