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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 30, 202414 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2024, 10:46 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr. 22 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
Dec 30, 2024, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 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, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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
Dec 30, 10:50 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 584 Nnw Pierceville, KSKGCK.
Dec 30, 10:51 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 633 Ne Lakin, KSPWS-KKSLAKIN19.
Dec 30, 10:53 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 633 Ne Lakin, KSCorrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 3 NE Lakin.
Dec 30, 10:53 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 633 Ne Lakin, KSSWK_(AWN5ffb538e1eb0420001bf9d68).
Dec 30, 10:55 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 582 N Lakin, KSK36K.
Dec 30, 11:08 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 659 Se Plymell, KSCorrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 9 SE Plymell.
Dec 30, 11:08 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 659 Se Plymell, KSPrairie_AG_(AWN64fcecdcce149530b2d27a02).
Dec 30, 11:13 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 632 E Shallow Water, KSBeef_Belt_LLC.
Dec 30, 11:15 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 631 Wsw Shallow Water, KSPWS-KKSSCOTT4.
Dec 30, 11:18 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 582 Ese Ulysses, KSVidera_weather.
Dec 30, 11:55 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 604 Sse Dighton, KSPWS-KKSDIGHT22.
Dec 30, 12:13 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Dodge City, KSTraffic light down.
Dec 30, 12:19 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 603 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS station KGCK Garden City.
Dec 30, 12:38 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 609 Nnw Offerle, KSB Hart Farm.
Dec 30, 1:15 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 603 W Bloom, KSMesonet station DW9907 Bloom.
Dec 30, 1:25 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 601 Ene Garden City, KSMesonet station KS010 US-50 @ K-156 bridge Garden City.
Dec 30, 1:41 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 603 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS station KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport.
Dec 30, 1:52 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS station KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport.
Dec 30, 2:06 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 623 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS station KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport.
Dec 30, 2:51 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 669 Se Plymell, KSMesonet Sation northwest of Copeland. Prairie AG.
Dec 30, 3:51 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 574 Ne Hayne, KS
Dec 30, 3:57 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 604 Sw Friend, KS

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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2024-12-30Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

670 
WWUS73 KDDC 301646
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1046 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2024

KSZ043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-310000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0007.241230T1646Z-241231T0000Z/
Scott-Lane-Ness-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-
Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Cimarron, Sublette, Deerfield, Scott
City, Ulysses, Montezuma, Lakin, Minneola, Ness City, Dodge City,
Garden City, Plains City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Hugoton,
Meade, Jetmore, Hanston, Satanta, Fowler, Liberal, and Ashland
1046 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST 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...

Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and 
avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution 
if you must drive.

&&

$$

TATRO
2 follow-up statements
661 
WWUS73 KDDC 302236
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
436 PM CST Mon Dec 30 2024

KSZ043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-310000-
/O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-241231T0000Z/
Scott-Lane-Ness-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-
Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Sublette, Lakin, Ashland, Deerfield,
Minneola, Liberal, Cimarron, Ulysses, Ness City, Fowler, Satanta,
Scott State Lake, Hugoton, Dodge City, Scott City, Plains City,
Montezuma, Garden City, Hanston, Meade, Dighton, and Jetmore
436 PM CST Mon Dec 30 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST 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...

Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and 
avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution 
if you must drive.

&&

$$

BURGERT
402 
WWUS73 KDDC 302349
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
549 PM CST Mon Dec 30 2024

KSZ043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-310100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-241231T0000Z/
Scott-Lane-Ness-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-
Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Sublette, Lakin, Ashland, Deerfield,
Minneola, Liberal, Cimarron, Ulysses, Ness City, Fowler, Satanta,
Scott State Lake, Hugoton, Dodge City, Scott City, Plains City,
Montezuma, Garden City, Hanston, Meade, Dighton, and Jetmore
549 PM CST Mon Dec 30 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

The risk for wind gusts 58 mph or greater has ended. However, 
isolated wind gusts up to 50 mph will still be possible through 8 pm.

$$

BURGERT

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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.