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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Dec 9, 2021, 1:28 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2021, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2021, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 1:42 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 3134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
729 WWUS73 KDDC 091928 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 128 PM CST Thu Dec 9 2021 KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-101200- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0006.211210T1500Z-211211T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, and Minneola 128 PM CST Thu Dec 9 2021 /1228 PM MST Thu Dec 9 2021/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Kansas. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Some minor structural damage may occur. Secure outdoor holiday decorations. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Areas of blowing dust may reduce visibility at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds. && $$ Turner
1 follow-up statement
862 WWUS73 KDDC 100742 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 142 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-100845- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.A.0006.211210T1500Z-211211T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, and Minneola 142 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 /1242 AM MST Fri Dec 10 2021/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... Strong west-southwest winds are still expected to develop out ahead of a cold front today, however high winds with gusts at or above 58 mph appear less likely. High wind gusts of 58 mph or greater are also no longer expected behind the cold front later this afternoon. $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.