Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2020
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 28, 2020, 11:16 AM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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 28, 2020, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
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, Meade County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 28, 12:08 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | ASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nw Pierceville, KS | ASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY. |
| Mar 28, 3:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Nw Ft. Dodge, KS | DODGE CITY ASOS REPORTED 61 MPH WIND GUST. |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
165 WWUS73 KDDC 281616 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1116 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 KSZ061>063-074>078-080-081-085>090-282300- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0002.200328T1700Z-200328T2300Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa- Pratt-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 1116 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 /1016 AM MDT Sat Mar 28 2020/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts around 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Kansas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
625 WWUS73 KDDC 282019 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 319 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 KSZ064-079-282300- /O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200328T2300Z/ Hodgeman-Edwards- Including the cities of Jetmore, Hanston, Kinsley, and Lewis 319 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts around 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Hodgeman and Edwards Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ KSZ061>063-074>078-080-081-085>090-282300- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200328T2300Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa- Pratt-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 319 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 /219 PM MDT Sat Mar 28 2020/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts around 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Kansas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...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. && $$
543 WWUS73 KDDC 282245 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 545 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 KSZ061>064-074>081-085>090-282345- /O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200328T2300Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford- Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 545 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 /445 PM MDT Sat Mar 28 2020/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... Very strong northwest winds are expected to diminish rapidly after 6 pm CDT. Light west winds near 10 mph are expected by mid evening. As such, the high wind warning will be allowed to expire at 6 pm CDT. $$ Turner
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 8 more | 5 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.