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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 19, 202023 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 19, 2020, 5:13 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr. 5 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
Mar 19, 2020, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2020, 11:58 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 23 counties

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, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Mar 19, 6:02 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 635 Wnw Elkhart, KSCWOP MESONET.
Mar 19, 7:10 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 572 Ese Coolidge, KSKDOT MESONET.
Mar 19, 8:25 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 585 Ne Hayne, KSREPORT FROM UPR MESONET.
Mar 19, 8:32 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 594 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS AT GCK AIRPORT.
Mar 19, 9:04 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 613 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS AT DDC 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2020-03-19Temperature 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 2020-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

181 
WWUS73 KDDC 192213
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
513 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-200300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0001.200319T2213Z-200320T0300Z/
Scott-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-
Seward-
Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Syracuse, 
Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, 
Satanta, Elkhart, Hugoton, and Liberal
513 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020 /413 PM MDT Thu Mar 19 2020/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Winds becoming northwest at 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to
  60 mph.

* WHERE...Scott, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Stanton, Grant, 
  Haskell, Morton, Stevens and Seward Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
082 
WWUS73 KDDC 200218
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
918 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-077>080-087>089-200600-
/O.EXB.KDDC.HW.W.0001.200320T0300Z-200320T0600Z/
Trego-Ellis-Ness-Rush-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Meade-Clark-Comanche-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Ness City, 
La Crosse, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, Cimarron, Montezuma, 
Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Meade, 
Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, 
Lake Coldwater, and Protection
918 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west 
  central Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.


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.

&&

$$

KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-200330-
/O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200320T0300Z/
Scott-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-
Seward-
Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Syracuse, 
Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, 
Satanta, Elkhart, Hugoton, and Liberal
918 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020 /818 PM MDT Thu Mar 19 2020/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds around 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Scott, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Seward, Morton, 
  Stevens, Haskell, Grant and Stanton Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

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.

&&

$$
155 
WWUS73 KDDC 200458
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1158 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-077>080-087>089-200600-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200320T0600Z/
Trego-Ellis-Ness-Rush-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Meade-Clark-Comanche-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Ness City, 
La Crosse, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, Cimarron, Montezuma, 
Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Meade, 
Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, 
Lake Coldwater, and Protection
1158 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The high wind warning has been cancelled.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Hodgeman23 min
Mar 19, 8:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Rush23 min
Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray and 10 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.