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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 5, 2016, 6:05 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 12 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
- Apr 5, 2016, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 10:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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, Pratt County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:24 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | |
| Apr 5, 6:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | |
| Apr 5, 6:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Nnw Ulysses, KS | |
| Apr 5, 6:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nnw Ulysses, KS | |
| Apr 5, 7:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 2 E Pratt, KS | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Apr 5, 7:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 2 E Ulysses, KS | REPORTED BY PRATT CO EM |
| Apr 5, 7:13 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 2 E Pratt, KS | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Apr 5, 7:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Nne Syracuse, KS | |
| Apr 5, 7:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 8 N Elkhart, KS | |
| Apr 5, 7:38 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 W Liberal, KS | |
| Apr 5, 7:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Kinsley, KS | POWER POLES DOWN. ALSO A SEMI BLOWN OVER BETWEEN KINSLEY AND OFFERLE. |
| Apr 5, 8:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nw Ft. Dodge, 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 2241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 692 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898 WWUS73 KDDC 052305 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 605 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-060400- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0002.160405T2305Z-160406T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE... DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL... MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 605 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 /505 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH, GUSTING TO 60 MPH * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS, ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO BELOW 3 MILES IN SOME SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
3 follow-up statements
021 WWUS73 KDDC 060131 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 831 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ079>081-089-090-060400- /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160406T0400Z/ EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA 831 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH... GUSTING TO 60 MPH * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO BELOW 3 MILES IN SOME SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-060400- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160406T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE... DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL... MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 831 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 /731 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH... GUSTING TO 60 MPH * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO BELOW 3 MILES IN SOME SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
672 WWUS73 KDDC 060140 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 840 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ043-044-061>064-074>081-084>090-060400- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160406T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE... DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL... MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA 840 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 /740 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH... GUSTING TO 60 MPH * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO BELOW 3 MILES IN SOME SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-065-060400- /O.NEW.KDDC.DU.Y.0001.160406T0140Z-160406T0400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...PHEIFER...HAYS...NESS CITY... LA CROSSE...LARNED 840 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH 11PM * WINDS...25 TO 35 GUSTING TO 55 MPH * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD 2 MILES OR LESS...LOCALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE * IMPACTS...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ALONG I-70 AND OTHER MAIN HIGHWAYS ACROSS OPEN AREAS WHERE BLOWING DUST IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, BUREAU OF AIR, RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DURING THIS BLOWING DUST EVENT, SUCH AS STAYING INDDOR OR WEARING PROTECTIVE BREATHING MASKS IF OUTSIDE. HIGH DUST CONCENTRATIONS CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY, AGGRAVATE ASTHMA, AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, ELDERLY, OR THOSE WITH PRE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. && $$ UMSCHEID
221 WWUS73 KDDC 060308 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1008 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ043-044-061>064-074>081-084>090-060415- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160406T0400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE... DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL... MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA 1008 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 /908 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUED TO DECREASE DOWN TO 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH 10PM. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-065-060415- /O.CAN.KDDC.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160406T0400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...PHEIFER...HAYS...NESS CITY... LA CROSSE...LARNED 1008 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EARLIER HAVE SUBSIDED, AND THE VISIBILITY REDUCTION DUE TO BLOWING DUST HAS CEASED. $$ UMSCHEID
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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.