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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Goodland, KS

November 12, 2005Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2005, 4:56 PM MST for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2005, 4:56 PM MST (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2005, 7:43 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2005-11-12Temperature 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 2005-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
436 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 122356
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
456 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005

...NORTHWEST WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA...

.THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THAT DEVELOPED BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE
SLOWLY WEAKENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. WIND GUSTS OF
45 TO 50 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA WITH 55 TO 60 MPH GUSTS
ACROSS PARTS OF KIT CARSON AND YUMA COUNTIES OF COLORADO.

COZ090-130300-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051113T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0002.051113T0000Z-051113T0300Z/
YUMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY
456 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. IF YOU DRIVE A
LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION IN
AREAS OF STRONG WINDS.

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.

$$

COZ091-130100-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051113T0000Z/
KIT CARSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BURLINGTON
456 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

$$

COZ092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-130100-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051113T0000Z/
CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-
HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...
OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON...MCCOOK
556 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 /456 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

DDT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 130243
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
743 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION...

.HIGH PRESSURE IS MOVING INTO THE TRI-STATE REGION FOLLOWING THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED REGION OVERNIGHT AND TODAY. AS A
RESULT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RELAXING AND WINDS ARE WEAKENING.

COZ090-130345-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051113T0300Z/
YUMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY
743 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

$$

JSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 3:39 AM MSTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma13 hr
Nov 12, 10:45 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma64 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.