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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

December 27, 2005Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 27, 2005, 11:17 AM MST for Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 27, 2005, 11:17 AM MST (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2005, 5:00 PM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2005-12-27Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2005-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 271817
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1117 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA...

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON.

COZ091-KSZ013-280000-
/O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0004.051227T1817Z-051228T0000Z/
KIT CARSON-SHERMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...GOODLAND
1117 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005

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

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WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING 58 MPH IN THE BURLINGTON AREA. THEREFORE A HIGH WIND
WARNING IS NOT IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN GOODLAND AND FLAGLER. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT REDUCING VISIBILITY
BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

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.

$$

COZ090-092-KSZ001>004-014>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-280000-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
YUMA-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-
HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...CHEYENNE WELLS...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE...
HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...
BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
1217 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /1117 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT. VISIBILITY WILL BE
REDUCED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR OPEN FIELDS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING
AND THE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY DROPS...PULL COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD
AND WAIT FOR THE VISIBILITY TO IMPROVE.

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.

$$

MCGUIRE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 272348
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
448 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005

COZ091-KSZ013-280100-
/O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
KIT CARSON-SHERMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...GOODLAND
448 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE
EVENING HOURS. THE HIGH WINDS WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
5 PM MST.

$$

COZ090-092-KSZ001>004-014>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-280100-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
YUMA-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-
HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...CHEYENNE WELLS...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE...
HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...
BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
548 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /448 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST (4 PM CST).

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:46 AM MSTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 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.