Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at May 9, 2008, 3:25 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 10, 2008, 5:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2008, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2008, 5:20 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 20:27 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, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 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 092025 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 225 PM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...STRONG WINDS TO RETURN TO THE AREA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-100400- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.080510T1600Z-080511T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 225 PM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008 /325 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE 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. $$ JRM
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KGLD 100409 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1009 PM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...STRONG WINDS RETURN ON SATURDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-101200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.080510T1600Z-080511T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1009 PM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008 /1109 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ LOCKHART
000 WWUS73 KGLD 101020 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...STRONG WINDS RETURN ON SATURDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-101830- /O.EXA.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.080510T1600Z-080511T0200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 420 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /520 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE 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. $$ COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-101830- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.080510T1600Z-080511T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 420 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /520 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ FS
000 WWUS73 KGLD 101615 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1015 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...COLDER AND VERY WINDY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... .A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE TRI-STATE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING SHORTLY THEREAFTER FROM WEST TO EAST. COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-110000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080511T0200Z/ 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 1015 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /1115 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST. 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. $$ DDT
000 WWUS73 KGLD 101832 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1232 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-110000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080511T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1232 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /132 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. AREAS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. A SLOW WEAKENING OF THE WINDS WONT TAKE PLACE TIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ DDT
000 WWUS73 KGLD 102005 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 205 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-NEZ079>081-110415- /O.NEW.KGLD.FR.Y.0001.080511T1000Z-080511T1300Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080511T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 205 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /305 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MDT /5 AM CDT/ TO 7 AM MDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MDT /5 AM CDT/ TO 7 AM MDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. AREAS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. A SLOW WEAKENING OF THE WINDS WONT TAKE PLACE TIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. DURING THE SUNDAY MORNING HOURS...LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES COMBINED WITH A COOLER AIRMASS WILL GIVE WAY TO MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DROPPING NEAR FREEZING OVER MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. 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. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD CONSIDER HARVESTING OR PROTECTING TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ KSZ004-016-041-042-110200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080511T0200Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 205 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008 /305 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. AREAS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. A SLOW WEAKENING OF THE WINDS WONT TAKE PLACE TIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. $$ BURTIS
Nearby
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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.