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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 202212 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at May 11, 2022, 12:59 AM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 8 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
May 11, 2022, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2022, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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
May 11, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Dodge City, KSPORTIONS OF A TIN ROOF ON A SMALL CABIN WERE BLOWN OFF.
May 11, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Dodge City, KSPART OF THE ROOF ON THE DODGE HOUSE RESTAURANT WAS BLOWN OFF. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.
May 11, 1:00 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 W Bloom, KSMESONET STATION DW9907 BLOOM.
May 11, 1:00 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 643 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.
May 11, 1:01 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 763 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
May 11, 1:15 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 613 W Bloom, KSMESONET STATION DW9907 BLOOM.
May 11, 1:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 643 W Bloom, KSMESONET STATION DW9907 BLOOM.
May 11, 1:55 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 723 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.

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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
3865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

860 
WWUS73 KDDC 110559
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1259 AM CDT Wed May 11 2022

KSZ063-064-074>078-084>088-111000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0009.220511T0559Z-220511T1000Z/
Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-
Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, 
Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, 
Dodge City, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, 
Fowler, Ashland, and Minneola
1259 AM CDT Wed May 11 2022

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...South winds from dying storms in Oklahoma and Texas are
  producing outflow and downburst winds of 50-65 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 5 AM CDT early this morning.

* 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...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recommends that
you take preventative measures during this blowing dust
event...such as staying indoors or wearing protective breathing
masks if outside. High dust concentrations can cause respiratory
problems...decrease lung activity...aggravate asthma...and lead
to potential heart-related problems...especially with
children...elderly...or those with pre-existing respiratory
conditions.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade, Seward62 min
May 10, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark38 min
May 10, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark50 min
May 10, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward, Stevens54 min
May 10, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward39 min
May 11, 2:54 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more30 hr
May 11, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton58 min
May 11, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCMorton35 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.