Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 24, 2018, 9:39 AM CST for 25 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 24, 2018, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 7 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
- Nov 24, 2018, 9:39 AM CST (15:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2018, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 25 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, 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
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 10:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Ne Hayne, KS | MESONET STATION UR350, 4 NE HAYNE. |
| Nov 25, 5:10 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Nw Scott City, KS | MESONET STATION E9720, 6 NW SCOTT CITY. |
| Nov 25, 6:40 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 Wnw Elkhart, KS | MESONET STATION C8810, 4 WNW ELKHART. |
| Nov 25, 7:59 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 10 Ene Hudson, KS | MESONET STATION QNRK1, 9 SSW RAYMOND. |
| Nov 25, 8:53 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | ASOS STATION DDC, DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Nov 25, 9:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 E Scott City, KS | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MUCH OF THE MORNING WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 100 YARDS AT TIMES. |
| Nov 25, 9:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 E Dodge City, KS | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT NWS DODGE CITY FROM ROUGHLY 6 AM TO 9 AM WITH FREQUENT VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS WERE MEASURED IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
726 WWUS73 KDDC 241539 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 939 AM CST Sat Nov 24 2018 KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-250000- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0013.181125T0000Z-181125T1500Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant- Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, and Minneola 939 AM CST Sat Nov 24 2018 /839 AM MST Sat Nov 24 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening to 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ Sunday. * TIMING...Early evening through late evening, although highest winds at any one location will last for only an hour or two with the first wind event. Second high wind event will be mainly early Sunday morning. * WINDS...North to northwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Hazardous travel conditions, especially across open areas in vicinity of grain elevators. Intermittent power interruptions possible. Outdoor lawn furniture and holiday decorations may become displaced. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
623 WWUS73 KDDC 242329 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 529 PM CST Sat Nov 24 2018 KSZ046-065-066-079>081-089-090-251500- /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0013.181125T0000Z-181125T1500Z/ Rush-Pawnee-Stafford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of La Crosse, Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 529 PM CST Sat Nov 24 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 9 AM CST Sunday. * TIMING...Early evening through late evening, although highest winds at any one location will last for only an hour or two with the first wind event. Second high wind event will be mainly early Sunday morning. * WINDS...North to northwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Hazardous travel conditions, especially across open areas in vicinity of grain elevators. Intermittent power interruptions possible. Outdoor lawn furniture and holiday decorations may become displaced. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-251500- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0013.181125T0000Z-181125T1500Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant- Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, and Minneola 529 PM CST Sat Nov 24 2018 /429 PM MST Sat Nov 24 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...Early evening through late evening, although highest winds at any one location will last for only an hour or two with the first wind event. Second high wind event will be mainly early Sunday morning. * WINDS...North to northwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Hazardous travel conditions, especially across open areas in vicinity of grain elevators. Intermittent power interruptions possible. Outdoor lawn furniture and holiday decorations may become displaced. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1:18 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 7 more | 22 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 22 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.