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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Goodland, KS

March 12, 20066 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2006, 10:59 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 12, 2006, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2006, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 4:28 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 534 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
573 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KGLD 121659
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
959 AM MST SUN MAR 12 2006

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
KANSAS TODAY. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. 

KSZ015-016-028-029-041-042-130000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.060312T1800Z-060313T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
1059 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 /959 AM MST SUN MAR 12 2006/

...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. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...VERY DRY AIR
WILL HELP TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE AREA. WITH VERY
STRONG WINDS IN PLACE...FIRES CAN SPREAD FURIOUSLY.

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.

$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 122228
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
328 PM MST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT
WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 MPH.

KSZ015-016-028-029-041-042-122330-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060313T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
428 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 /328 PM MST SUN MAR 12 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 530 PM
MST (630 PM CST). BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH
AT 20 TO 30 MPH BEFORE DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$


JRM

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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.