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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

June 3, 20148 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 3, 2014, 10:44 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 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
Jun 3, 2014, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2014, 12:58 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Russell Arpt, KS
Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGSusank, KS8 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN IN DRIVEWAY
Jun 3, 11:33 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 66Ellsworth Airport, KS
Jun 4, 12:19 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 565 N Mcpherson, KS
Jun 4, 12:59 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 53Gypsum, KS

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

900 
WWUS73 KICT 040344
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1044 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSZ032-047-040600-
/O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0008.140604T0344Z-140604T0600Z/
RUSSELL-BARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND
1044 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING MINOR
  PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED.  WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
655 
WWUS73 KICT 040440
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSZ033-048>051-067-040600-
/O.EXA.KICT.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/
LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING PROPERTY
  DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH ARE EXPECTED.  WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

KSZ032-047-040600-
/O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/
RUSSELL-BARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING MINOR 
  PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH ARE EXPECTED.  WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$
132 
WWUS73 KICT 040558
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1258 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

KSZ032-033-047>051-067-040700-
/O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON
1258 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
ABOUT 2 AM ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS UPWARDS
OF 60 MPH ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.

$$

ADK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton65 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014

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.