Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 15, 2018, 4:01 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Mar 15, 2018, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2018, 6:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties 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, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | REPORTED AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
827 WWUS73 KDDC 152101 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 401 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 KSZ043-044-061>064-074>080-161000- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0007.180316T1700Z-180317T0100Z/ Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell- Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- 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, and Haviland 401 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /301 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Friday. * TIMING...Noon to 8 pm * WINDS...Northwest at 30-40 mph with gusts to 60-70 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong will make travel difficult. High profile vehicles are most susceptible to losing control. Minor structural damage is possible. Widespread blowing dust will reduce visibilities including locally to near zero adjacent to 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
135 WWUS73 KDDC 160849 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 349 AM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 KSZ045-065-066-081-162100- /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0007.180316T1700Z-180317T0100Z/ Ness-Pawnee-Stafford-Pratt- Including the cities of Ness City, Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, and Pratt 349 AM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Noon to 8 PM, strongest between 1 and 4 PM * WINDS...Northwest at 35-45 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong will make travel difficult. High profile vehicles are most susceptible to losing control. Minor structural damage is possible. Widespread blowing dust will reduce visibilities including locally to near zero adjacent to open fields. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>064-074>080-162100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0007.180316T1700Z-180317T0100Z/ Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell- Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- 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, and Haviland 349 AM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 /249 AM MDT Fri Mar 16 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Noon to 8 PM, strongest between 1 and 4 PM * WINDS...Northwest at 35-45 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong will make travel difficult. High profile vehicles are most susceptible to losing control. Minor structural damage is possible. Widespread blowing dust will reduce visibilities including locally to near zero adjacent to 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. && $$
253 WWUS73 KDDC 161903 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 203 PM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 KSZ043>045-061>066-074>081-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180317T0100Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford- Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, and Pratt 203 PM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 /103 PM MDT Fri Mar 16 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Noon to 8 PM, strongest between 1 and 4 PM * WINDS...Northwest at 35-45 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong will make travel difficult. High profile vehicles are most susceptible to losing control. Minor structural damage is possible. Widespread blowing dust will reduce visibilities including locally to near zero adjacent to open fields. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
215 WWUS73 KDDC 162310 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 610 PM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 KSZ043>045-061>066-074>081-170015- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180317T0100Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford- Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, 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, and Pratt 610 PM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018 /510 PM MDT Fri Mar 16 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Northwest winds continue to gradually subside this evening. Therefore, the High Wind Warning has been canceled. $$
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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.