Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 9, 2015, 11:59 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
- May 9, 2015, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 12:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WWUS73 KDDC 091659 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1159 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY BEHIND AN LINE OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS... .WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS A WAKE LOW DEVELOPS BEHIND A LINE OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS. KSZ043>045-063-064-076>080-087>090-091900- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.150509T1659Z-150509T1900Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1159 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND ROOFS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ BURGERT
1 follow-up statement
064 WWUS73 KDDC 091753 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1253 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 THE STRONG WINDS OBSERVED BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY. KSZ043>045-063-064-076>080-087>090-091900- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150509T1900Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1253 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 39 min |
| May 9, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 9, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 40 min |
| May 9, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 43 min |
| May 9, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 26 min |
| May 9, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Scott | 64 min |
| May 9, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 9, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.