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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2008, 3:18 AM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska; Decatur County, Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2008, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 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 260818 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 218 AM MDT SUN OCT 26 2008 KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-261700- /O.UPG.KGLD.FZ.A.0002.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.081026T1900Z-081026T2300Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HILL CITY...MCCOOK 318 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH 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. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BUILD INTO THE TRI- STATE AREA TONIGHT SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST HARD FREEZE OF THE SEASON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ KSZ002-014-015-028-029-NEZ080-261700- /O.UPG.KGLD.FZ.A.0002.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ RAWLINS-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRENTON 318 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KGLD 261652 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1052 AM MDT SUN OCT 26 2008 KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-270100- /O.CON.KGLD.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.081026T1900Z-081026T2300Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HILL CITY...MCCOOK 1152 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH 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. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BUILD INTO THE TRI- STATE AREA TONIGHT SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST HARD FREEZE OF THE SEASON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ KSZ002-014-015-028-029-NEZ080-270100- /O.CON.KGLD.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ RAWLINS-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRENTON 1152 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
000 WWUS73 KGLD 262259 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 459 PM MDT SUN OCT 26 2008 KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-270700- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-081026T2300Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HILL CITY...MCCOOK 559 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. MOST LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE WINDS WITH A FEW LOCATIONS STILL EXPERIENCING GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS SHOULD START DECREASING SHORTLY...AND WILL DO SO RAPIDLY AS SUNSET NEARS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST HARD FREEZE OF THE SEASON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ KSZ002-014-015-028-029-NEZ080-270700- /O.CON.KGLD.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1500Z/ RAWLINS-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRENTON 559 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES OF 28 DEGREES OR BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ BULLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:18 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 31 hr |
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.