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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 29, 202213 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 29, 2022, 6:21 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 99 min. 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
Apr 29, 2022, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
99 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 651 Ene Garden City, KSMESONET STATION KS010 US-50 @ K-156 BRIDGE GARDEN CITY.
Apr 29, 6:42 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 665 Wnw Elkhart, KSMESONET STATION CW8810 ELKHART.
Apr 29, 7:15 PM CDTDUST STORM1 Wnw Sublette, KS1/4 MILE VISIBILITY REPORTED AT SUBLETTE.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2022-04-29Temperature 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 2022-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

358 
WWUS73 KDDC 292321
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
621 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-300100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0008.220429T2321Z-220430T0100Z/
Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens-
Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Johnson City,
Ulysses, Elkhart, and Hugoton
621 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 /521 PM MDT Fri Apr 29 2022/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton, Grant, Morton and Stevens 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
195 
WWUS73 KDDC 292326
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
626 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

KSZ043-044-063-076-077-086-087-300100-
/O.EXA.KDDC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-220430T0100Z/
Scott-Lane-Finney-Haskell-Gray-Seward-Meade-
Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, 
Garden City, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Liberal, 
Meade, Plains City, and Fowler
626 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Scott, Lane, Finney, Haskell, Gray, Seward and Meade 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-300100-
/O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-220430T0100Z/
Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens-
Including the cities of Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Johnson City,
Ulysses, Elkhart, and Hugoton
626 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 /526 PM MDT Fri Apr 29 2022/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Kearny, Hamilton, Grant, Stanton, Morton and Stevens 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$
801 
WWUS73 KDDC 300110
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
810 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-300215-
/O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-220430T0100Z/
Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-
Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-
Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, 
Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, 
Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Elkhart, Hugoton, 
Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler
810 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 /710 PM MDT Fri Apr 29 2022/

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

While north winds will continue to gust to 40 to 50 mph for a few
more hours this evening, winds should remain below warning
criteria. The High Wind Warning has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney24 min
Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney30 min
Apr 29, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess27 min
Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman36 min
Apr 29, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness47 min
Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman30 min
Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush33 min
Apr 29, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny27 min
Apr 29, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego34 min
Apr 29, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush32 min
Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott30 min
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Scott32 min
Apr 29, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego30 min
Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman29 min
Apr 29, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness, Trego32 min
Apr 29, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego51 min
Apr 29, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego29 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.