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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 10, 201827 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2018, 11:14 PM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 12 hr. 33 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
Jan 10, 2018, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2018, 10:46 AM CST
In force
12 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 05:16 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
Jan 10, 11:16 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 634 Nw Pierceville, KSREPORTED AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 10, 11:25 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 644 Nw Pierceville, KSREPORTED AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 10, 11:34 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 69Garden City Regional Ai, KSASOS STATION GCK, GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 10, 11:35 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 581 Ne Sublette, KSREPORTED AT SUBLETTE FLYING CLUB AIRPORT.
Jan 10, 11:40 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 761 Ene Garden City, KSMESONET STATION KS010, 1 ENE GARDEN CITY.
Jan 10, 11:55 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 601 Ne Sublette, KSREPORTED AT SUBLETTE FLYING CLUB AIRPORT.
Jan 10, 11:55 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Hugoton, KSAWOS STATION HQG, HUGOTON.
Jan 11, 12:06 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 644 Nw Pierceville, KSREPORTED AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 12:29 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 643 Nw Ft. Dodge, KSREPORTED AT DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 12:30 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 644 Ssw Kismet, KSMESONET STATION K5KSM, 4 SSW KISMET.
Jan 11, 12:32 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 611 Wsw Hugoton, KSMESONET STATION KHQG, 1 WSW HUGOTON.
Jan 11, 12:56 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Nw Ft. Dodge, KSREPORTED AT DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 1:07 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 664 Nw Pierceville, KSREPORTED AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 1:20 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 611 Nne Dodge City, KSMESONET STATION C9785, 1 NNE DODGE CITY.
Jan 11, 2:17 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Nw Ft. Dodge, KSREPORTED AT DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 2:17 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 674 Nw Pierceville, KSREPORTED AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 3:22 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Medicine Lodge Asos Sit, KSASOS STATION P28, MEDICINE LODGE ASOS SITE.
Jan 11, 3:28 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 583 Nw Ft. Dodge, KSREPORTED AT DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 3:59 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 583 Nw Ft. Dodge, KSREPORTED AT DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Jan 11, 4:19 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Medicine Lodge Asos Sit, KSASOS STATION P28, MEDICINE LODGE ASOS SITE.
Jan 11, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.3Hays, KSCOCORAHS STATION KS-EL-77, HAYS.
Jan 11, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Ness City, KSCOCORAHS STATION KS-NS-13, NESS CITY.
Jan 11, 6:25 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Medicine Lodge Asos Sit, KSASOS STATION P28, MEDICINE LODGE ASOS SITE.
Jan 11, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Ness Agtap #4, KSCO-OP OBSERVER STATION ZRIK1, NESS AGTAP #4.
Jan 11, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 22 Nnw Dodge City, KS
Jan 11, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Cedar Bluff Dam, KSCO-OP OBSERVER STATION ELSK1, CEDAR BLUFF DAM.
Jan 11, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Gray Agtap #15, KSCO-OP OBSERVER STATION ZINK1, GRAY AGTAP #15.
Jan 11, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.12 Wsw Ingalls, KSCOCORAHS STATION KS-GY-33, 2 WSW INGALLS.
Jan 11, 7:06 AM CSTSNOW 3Howell, KS
Jan 11, 7:53 AM CSTSNOW 15 Se Ash Valley, KS
Jan 11, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Wakeeney, KSCO-OP OBSERVER STATION WKYK1, WAKEENEY.
Jan 11, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.3Cimarron, KSCO-OP OBSERVER STATION CIMK1, CIMARRON.
Jan 11, 10:03 AM CSTSNOW 2.52 Wnw Dodge City, KSLIQUID EQUIVALENT WAS 0.40.

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, 5.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

523 
WWUS73 KDDC 110514
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1114 PM CST Wed Jan 10 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.180111T0514Z-180111T1800Z/
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, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, 
Stafford, Macksville, 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, and Kiowa
1114 PM CST Wed Jan 10 2018 /1014 PM MST Wed Jan 10 2018/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
THURSDAY...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until noon CST /11 AM MST/ Thursday. 

* TIMING...Now through noon.

* WINDS...North winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph.

* IMPACTS...High winds can blow down small outbuildings and break
  limbs. Sudden wind gusts can cause drivers to lose control... 
  especially in lightweight or high profile vehicles. Strong winds
  can causing blowing dust and snow...reducing visibility...and 
  cause flying debris. Isolated power outages could be possible.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
257 
WWUS73 KDDC 111646
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1046 AM CST Thu Jan 11 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111800-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180111T1800Z/
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, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, 
Stafford, Macksville, 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, and Kiowa
1046 AM CST Thu Jan 11 2018 /946 AM MST Thu Jan 11 2018/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the High
Wind Warning. 

Winds are well below high wind warning criteria so the high wind
warning has been cancelled.

$$

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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.