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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Goodland, KS

November 15, 200513 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2005, 2:27 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 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 20:26 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, 8.5 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 12:00Z 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 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
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 152338
NPWGLD

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

...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA...

.WITH THE LOSS OF SUNSHINE AND A WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...THE WINDS
HAVE DECREASED DRAMATICALLY. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-160045-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-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
538 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 /438 PM MST TUE NOV 15 2005/

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

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS HAD DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. 

$$

BULLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 3:36 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more11 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2005Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2005Wind Advisories in Colorado, 2005Every wind advisory 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.