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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 9, 202113 counties in Kansas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-12-09Temperature 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 2021-12-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -178 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.