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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 18, 2018Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Feb 18, 2018, 11:58 AM CST for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
Feb 18, 2018, 11:58 AM CST (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2018, 3:01 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 12:00Z on 2018-02-18Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2018-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 480 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
595 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WWUS73 KDDC 181758
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1158 AM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

KSZ064-078-182200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.180218T1800Z-180218T2200Z/
Hodgeman-Ford-
Including the cities of Jetmore, Hanston, and Dodge City
1158 AM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 4 PM CST this afternoon. 

* TIMING...Noon until 4 PM this afternoon

* WINDS...Southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts to near 60 mph

* IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be blown over on east-west
  roadways. Blowing dust may reduce visibilities to locally less
  than a mile near open fields.
  
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
821 
WWUS73 KDDC 182101
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
301 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

KSZ064-078-182215-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180218T2200Z/
Hodgeman-Ford-
Including the cities of Jetmore, Hanston, and Dodge City
301 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

After a brief period of high winds around noon, winds decreased to
below high wind warning criteria. Strong, gusty winds will
continue into the evening hours but gusts will be less than 50
mph.

$$

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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.