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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 17, 20154 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 17, 2015, 11:21 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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
Nov 17, 2015, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2015, 3:54 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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
Nov 17, 1:00 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 601 Nne Syracuse, KSMESONET 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 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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.

710 
WWUS73 KDDC 171721
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1121 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING...

KSZ043-061>063-180000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0003.151117T1721Z-151118T0000Z/
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA
1121 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 /1021 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...11 AM UNTIL 6 PM.

* WINDS...30 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS
  COULD OCCUR. AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE
  BLOWING SNOW IS OCCURRING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
524 
WWUS73 KDDC 172154
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
354 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

KSZ043-061>063-172300-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151118T0000Z/
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA
354 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 /254 PM MST TUE NOV 17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 6:05 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCGray, Meade, Seward40 min
Nov 16, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton60 min
Nov 16, 6:17 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCNess, Trego43 min
Nov 16, 6:42 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatDDCFord, Gray33 min
Nov 16, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego48 min
Nov 16, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott64 min
Nov 16, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCScott27 min
Nov 16, 7:15 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman45 min
Nov 16, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego26 min
Nov 16, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward and 2 more57 min
Nov 16, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness19 min
Nov 16, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego36 min
Nov 16, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade34 min
Nov 16, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Hodgeman34 min
Nov 16, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush42 min
Nov 16, 9:55 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche50 min
Nov 16, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche65 min
Nov 16, 10:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush68 min
Nov 16, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush28 min
Nov 16, 10:33 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt42 min
Nov 16, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa56 min
Nov 16, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt41 min
Nov 16, 11:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt42 min
Nov 17, 3:42 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Scott and 2 more20 hr

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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.