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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

November 15, 2005Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 15, 2005, 2:36 AM MST for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 2:36 AM MST (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 1:27 PM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KGLD 150936
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
236 AM MST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TODAY. AS A RESULT...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-151745-
/O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051115T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KGLD.HW.A.0001.051115T1200Z-051116T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0002.051115T0936Z-051116T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
336 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 /236 AM MST TUE NOV 15 2005/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HIGH
WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS ALL OF THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY
WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY
IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING
IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE.

$$

MCGUIRE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 151747
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1047 AM MST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...DIMINISHING BY EVENING.

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-160000-
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
1147 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 /1047 AM MST TUE NOV 15 2005/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF HIGH WINDS...
ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...DROPPING TO AROUND 15 MPH THIS
EVENING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY
IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. USE EXTRA CAUTION
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TODAY.

$$

DLF
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 152027
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
127 PM MST TUE NOV 15 2005

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING THE TRI-STATE AREA...

.A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER EASTERN MISSOURI CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY
FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. STRONG WINDS REACHING 50 MPH IN SOME
AREAS THIS MORNING ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE...BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-160000-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0004.051115T2027Z-051116T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
227 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 /127 PM MST TUE NOV 15 2005/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...DROPPING TO AROUND 15 MPH BY THIS
EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT
TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE
PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE
CONTROL.

$$

DLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:27 PM MSTWind AdvisoryGLDDundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow4 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2005High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2005High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2005Every high wind warning in 2005

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.