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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 20098 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2009, 2:37 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2009, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2009, 5:10 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 418 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-280 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KGLD 151937
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
137 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 2009


KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-160000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.090515T1937Z-090516T0000Z/
CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...
NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON...MCCOOK
137 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 2009 /237 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KGLD 152210
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
410 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 2009


KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-152315-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090516T0000Z/
CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...
NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON...MCCOOK
410 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 2009 /510 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

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.