Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 17, 2018, 3:38 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 43 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 17, 2018, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2018, 12:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:38 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 17, 5:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Elkhart, KS | RECORDED AT ELKHART AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 6:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Coolidge, KS | MESONET STATION K5COO, COOLIDGE. |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Syracuse, KS | MEASURED AT SYRACUSE AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ese Scott State Lake, KS | MESONET STATION K5SCT, 1 ESE SCOTT STATE LAKE. |
| Apr 17, 7:00 PM CDT | DUST STORM | 1 Ssw Manning, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA POST. ALONG WITH ESTIMATED 55-60 MPH WINDS. |
| Apr 17, 7:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Scott City, KS | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: SHINGLES COMING OFF OF A SHED. 5 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY. |
| Apr 17, 7:02 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Scott City, KS | MEASURED AT SCOTT CITY AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 7:10 PM CDT | DUST STORM | Scott City, KS | 1 MILE VISIBILITY AT SCOTT CITY AIRPORT FROM BLOWING DUST. |
| Apr 17, 7:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Dighton, KS | MESONET STATION D9499, DIGHTON. |
| Apr 17, 7:12 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Scott City, KS | MEASURED AT THE SCOTT CITY AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Syracuse, KS | AWOS STATION 3K3, SYRACUSE. |
| Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Scott City, KS | MEASURED AT SCOTT CITY AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 7:18 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nw Ulysses, KS | MESONET STATION KULS, 1 NW ULYSSES. |
| Apr 17, 7:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 1 Ene Garden City, KS | MESONET STATION KS010, 1 ENE GARDEN CITY. |
| Apr 17, 7:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 Ene Garden City, KS | MEASURED AT MESONET STATION GESK1. |
| Apr 17, 7:37 PM CDT | DUST STORM | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | VISIBILITY 1 MILE FROM BLOWING DUST. |
| Apr 17, 7:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | REPORTED AT GARDEN CITY AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 7:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Ingalls, KS | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: IRRIGATION SPRINKLER TOTALED. |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Garden City Regional Ai, KS | ASOS STATION GCK, GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Apr 17, 7:45 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | 4 Se The Saunders Eleva, KS | WILDFIRE THROUGH MUCH OF SW STANTON COUNTY. CONFIRMED BY EMERGENCY DISPATCH. |
| Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Scott City, KS | TREE DAMAGE REPORTED. THREE FOOT DIAMETER TRUNK TREE DOWN IN THE STREET. ESTIMATED 75% OF TRUNK WAS ROTTED THROUGH. NEAR 8TH & COURT STREETS IN SCOTT CITY. |
| Apr 17, 8:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 8 Wnw Moscow, KS | RECORDED AT MESONET STATION SVUK1. |
| Apr 17, 8:08 PM CDT | DUST STORM | 3 W Shields, KS | FROM KANSAS DEPT. OF ROADS CAMERA. VISIBILITY A MILE OR LESS AT INTERSECTION OF K-4 AND K-23. |
| Apr 17, 8:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Sw Shields, KS | MEASURED AT MESONET STATION LNUK1. |
| Apr 17, 8:17 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Sw Shields, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 SW SHIELDS. MEASURED AT MESONET STATION LNUK1. |
| Apr 17, 8:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Meade, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF A FLIPPED OVER CAMPER. |
| Apr 17, 8:26 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Dodge City, Ks, KS | ASOS STATION DDC, DODGE CITY, KS. |
| Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Dodge City, KS | REPORTS OF A POWER POLE BLOWN OVER WHICH STARTED A FIRE. |
| Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Ingalls, KS | REPORTS OF AN OVERTURNED PIVOT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 17, 8:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | REPORTED AT GARDEN CITY AIRPORT. BLOWING DUST REPORTED TOO. |
| Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Dighton, KS | MESONET STATION D9499, DIGHTON. |
| Apr 17, 9:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 11 N Jetmore, KS | MESONET STATION K5NES, 11 N JETMORE. |
| Apr 17, 9:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | REPORT FROM DODGE CITY ASOS. |
| Apr 17, 10:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Kinsley, KS | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: CARPORT ON ITS SIDE AND HEAVILY DAMAGED. |
| Apr 17, 10:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Lewis, KS | SEMI ROLLOVER ON HIGHWAY 50. |
| Apr 17, 10:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Offerle, KS | SEMI ROLLOVER ON HIGHWAY 50. |
| Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Coats, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A POWER POLE SNAPPED IN HALF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 17, 10:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Garfield, KS | PART OF GARAGE ROOF MISSING AND HOUSE SHINGLES MISSING. MANY TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT GARFIELD KS AS WELL. |
| Apr 17, 10:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ssw Iuka, KS | REPORT FROM PRATT AWOS. |
| Apr 17, 11:04 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Hays Regional Airport A, KS | AWOS STATION HYS, HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE. |
| Apr 17, 11:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 W Toulon, KS | REPORTED BY HAYS AWOS. |
| Apr 17, 11:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Pratt Industrial Airpor, KS | AWOS STATION PTT, PRATT INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE. |
| Apr 18, 12:02 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Medicine Lodge Asos Sit, KS | ASOS STATION P28, MEDICINE LODGE ASOS SITE. |
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, 8.6 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
- 2808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 696 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
177 WWUS73 KDDC 170838 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 338 AM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-171645- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0005.180417T2000Z-180418T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0010.180417T2000Z-180418T0200Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Johnson City, Ulysses, Elkhart, and Hugoton 338 AM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 /238 AM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM 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 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ this afternoon to 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * TIMING...From Tuesday afternoon through late Tuesday night. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-55 mph with some wind gusts as high as 65 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-076>079-086-087-171645- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0005.180417T2000Z-180418T0600Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Haskell- Gray-Ford-Edwards-Seward-Meade- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler 338 AM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...From Tuesday afternoon through late Tuesday night. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-45 mph with some wind gusts as high as 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph...or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. && $$
4 follow-up statements
486 WWUS73 KDDC 171315 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 815 AM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-076>079-086-087-180200- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0005.180417T2000Z-180418T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0010.180417T2000Z-180418T0200Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Haskell- Gray-Ford-Edwards-Seward-Meade- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler 815 AM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * TIMING...From Tuesday afternoon through late Tuesday night. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-45 mph with some wind gusts as high as 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. 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. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-180200- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0010.180417T2000Z-180418T0200Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Johnson City, Ulysses, Elkhart, and Hugoton 815 AM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 /715 AM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...From Tuesday afternoon through late Tuesday night. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-55 mph with some wind gusts as high as 65 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
704 WWUS73 KDDC 180159 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 859 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 KSZ080-081-088>090-180600- /O.EXB.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180418T0600Z/ Kiowa-Pratt-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 859 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 1 AM CDT Wednesday. * TIMING...Late Tuesday evening. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-55 mph with some wind gusts as high as 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-180600- /O.EXT.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180418T0600Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Morton-Stevens- Seward-Meade- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler 859 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 /759 PM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...Late Tuesday evening. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-45 mph with some wind gusts as high as 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
717 WWUS73 KDDC 180422 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1122 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 KSZ066-180600- /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180418T0600Z/ Stafford- Including the cities of St. John, Stafford, and Macksville 1122 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 1 AM CDT Wednesday. * TIMING...Late Tuesday evening. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-45 mph with some wind gusts as high as 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>081-084>090-180600- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180418T0600Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 1122 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 /1022 PM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...Late Tuesday evening. * WINDS...Sustained northwest winds of 35-45 mph with some wind gusts as high as 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Occasional power interruption will also be possible. Travel could become hazardous where there are strong cross winds, especially around grain elevators. Areas of blowing dust Tuesday will also occur over open agriculture fields creating highly variable visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
312 WWUS73 KDDC 180534 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1234 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-180645- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180418T0600Z/ 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 1234 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 /1134 PM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the High Wind Warning. $$
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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.