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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Ene Garden City, KS | MESONET STATION KS010 US-50 @ K-156 BRIDGE GARDEN CITY. |
| Apr 29, 6:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Wnw Elkhart, KS | MESONET STATION CW8810 ELKHART. |
| Apr 29, 7:15 PM CDT | DUST STORM | 1 Wnw Sublette, KS | 1/4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Trego | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 29 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.