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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 23, 2016, 3:52 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 23, 2016, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 4189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
496 WWUS73 KDDC 230852 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 352 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-240200- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0001.160323T1800Z-160324T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.160323T1800Z-160324T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 352 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 /252 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS... SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ GERARD
3 follow-up statements
681 WWUS73 KDDC 231751 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1251 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-240200- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.160323T1800Z-160324T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1251 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 /1151 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS... SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
576 WWUS73 KDDC 231951 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 251 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ081-090-240400- /O.NEW.KDDC.SM.Y.0001.160323T1951Z-160324T0500Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ PRATT-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 251 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD BELOW ONE MILE AND LOCALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN DENSE SMOKE FROM VERY LARGE WILDFIRE ACROSS WESTERN BARBER COUNTY * IMPACTS...DENSE SMOKE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS... SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS WIDESPREAD FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE... LIMITING VISIBILITIES. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>089-240200- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION 251 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 /151 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS... SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
091 WWUS73 KDDC 240135 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 835 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ081-240245- /O.CAN.KDDC.SM.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0500Z/ /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ PRATT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PRATT 835 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE SWITCHED TO THE WEST NORTHWEST TAKING THE SMOKE AWAY FROM PRATT COUNTY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT, HOWEVER THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. $$ KSZ090-240500- /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.SM.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0500Z/ BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 835 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD BELOW ONE MILE AND LOCALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN DENSE SMOKE FROM VERY LARGE WILDFIRE ACROSS WESTERN BARBER COUNTY * IMPACTS...DENSE SMOKE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS... SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT, HOWEVER THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS WIDESPREAD FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE... LIMITING VISIBILITIES. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>089-240245- /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 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...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION 835 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 /735 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT, HOWEVER THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 89 min |
| Mar 23, 2:51 PM CDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.