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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this dust storm warning at Jan 15, 2021, 9:43 AM MST for Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2021, 9:43 AM MST (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2021, 11:45 AM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Ne Johnson City, KS | AWOS STATION KJHN JOHNSON CITY. |
| Jan 15, 11:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 12 Ne Sturgis, KS | AWOS STATION KEHA ELKHART AWOS SITE. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
480
WWUS53 KDDC 151646
DSWDDC
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1043 AM CST Fri Jan 15 2021
KSC075-129-187-151845-
/O.NEW.KDDC.DS.W.0001.210115T1643Z-210115T1845Z/
Morton KS-Hamilton KS-Stanton KS-
1043 AM CST Fri Jan 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Morton County in southwestern Kansas...
Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 1245 PM CST/1145 AM MST/.
* At 1043 AM CST/943 AM MST/, numberous dust channels were occuring
from Coolidge down Rolla.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with damaging wind in
excess of 60 mph.
SOURCE...Sattilite.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
Elkhart, Syracuse, Johnson City, Rolla, Manter, Coolidge, Richfield,
Wilburton and The Saunders Elevator.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.
&&
LAT...LON 3824 10205 3824 10157 3699 10157 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 342DEG 60KT 3787 10196
$$
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:02 AM MST | Dust Storm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny, Stevens | 118 min |
| Jan 15, 11:37 AM MST | Dust Storm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 2 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:41 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 112 min |
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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.