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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 28, 202018 counties in Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 12:08 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 663 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.
Mar 28, 3:25 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 612 Nw Ft. Dodge, KSDODGE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2020-03-28Temperature 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 2020-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -225 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 4:20 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 8 more5 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.