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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 23, 2005, 1:48 PM MST for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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 23, 2005, 1:48 PM MST (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2005, 4:40 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 W Goodland, KS | 58 MPH WIND GUST |
| Dec 23, 2:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 W Goodland, KS | 59 MPH WIND GUST |
| Dec 23, 2:35 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Goodland, KS | 58 MPH WIND GUST |
| Dec 23, 2:40 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Cheyenne Wells, CO | 69 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Dec 23, 2:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Kit Carson, CO | 66 MPH WIND GUST AT KIT CARSON HIGH SCHOOL |
| Dec 23, 2:53 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Burlington, CO | 62 MPH WIND GUST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KGLD 232048 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 148 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST /3 AM CST SATURDAY... COZ090-091-232200- /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0003.051223T2048Z-051223T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.051223T2200Z-051224T0900Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON 148 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ...WITH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...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. 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. $$ COZ092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-240500- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051224T0900Z/ CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN- GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... BENKELMAN...TRENTON 248 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /148 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ...WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ LAMMERS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KGLD 232107 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 207 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 COZ092-KSZ001-NEZ079-240100- /O.EXB.KGLD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051224T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.051224T0100Z-051224T0900Z/ CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS... BENKELMAN 307 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /207 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ...WITH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...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. 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. $$ COZ090-091-240100- /O.EXT.KGLD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051224T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.051224T0100Z-051224T0900Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON 207 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ...WITH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ KSZ002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ080-240515- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051224T0900Z/ RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...TRENTON 307 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /207 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY. 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. $$ LAMMERS
000 WWUS73 KGLD 232141 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 241 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 KSZ002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ080-240100- /O.EXA.KGLD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051224T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.051224T0100Z-051224T0900Z/ RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...TRENTON 341 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /241 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-NEZ079-240100- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051224T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.051224T0100Z-051224T0900Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BENKELMAN 341 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /241 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM MST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ...WITH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...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. 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. $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-240545- /O.EXA.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051224T0900Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 341 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ LAMMERS
000 WWUS73 KGLD 232340 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 440 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 .A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-240745- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051224T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.051223T2340Z-051224T1300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 540 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /440 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST /7 AM CST/ SATURDAY... ALTHOUGH WINDS SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING. $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-240745- /O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051224T1300Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 540 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST SATURDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. IF YOU DRIVE A LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION IN AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 12:27 PM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 8 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2005High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2005High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.