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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Goodland, KS

December 9, 200913 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 9, 2009, 3:13 PM CST 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 Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 9, 2009, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 10, 2009, 10:00 AM CST
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 21:17 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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 2009-12-09Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-12-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Dec 9, 3:02 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 3:02 PM CST, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 2:07 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
107 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 AM     SNOW             WRAY                    40.08N 102.23W
12/08/2009  E4.0 INCH        YUMA               CO   EMERGENCY MNGR

0832 AM     SNOW             E VERNON                39.93N 102.32W
12/08/2009  M1.8 INCH        YUMA               CO   CO-OP OBSERVER

0832 AM     SNOW             1 W TRIBUNE             38.47N 101.77W
12/08/2009  M3.7 INCH        GREELEY            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

0840 AM     SNOW             QUINTER                 39.07N 100.23W
12/08/2009  M4.0 INCH        GOVE               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

0840 AM     SNOW             8 NW ST. FRANCIS        39.85N 101.91W
12/08/2009  M2.0 INCH        CHEYENNE           KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

0925 AM     SNOW             12 N GOODLAND           39.52N 101.71W
12/08/2009  M3.0 INCH        SHERMAN            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0949 AM     SNOW             GRAINFIELD              39.11N 100.47W
12/08/2009  M5.2 INCH        GOVE               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

0951 AM     SNOW             ATWOOD                  39.81N 101.04W
12/08/2009  E3.0 INCH        RAWLINS            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

0951 AM     SNOW             OBERLIN                 39.82N 100.53W
12/08/2009  M4.0 INCH        DECATUR            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MODERATE SNOW STILL FALLING.

0953 AM     SNOW             TRIBUNE                 38.47N 101.75W
12/08/2009  E3.0 INCH        GREELEY            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0953 AM     SNOW             LEOTI                   38.48N 101.36W
12/08/2009  M4.0 INCH        WICHITA            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0953 AM     SNOW             COLBY                   39.39N 101.05W
12/08/2009  E4.0 INCH        THOMAS             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MODERATE SNOW STILL FALLING.

0953 AM     SNOW             SHARON SPRINGS          38.89N 101.75W
12/08/2009  M6.0 INCH        WALLACE            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0956 AM     SNOW             ST. FRANCIS             39.77N 101.80W
12/08/2009  E5.0 INCH        CHEYENNE           KS   UTILITY COMPANY

0956 AM     HEAVY SNOW       SELDEN                  39.54N 100.57W
12/08/2009  M7.0 INCH        SHERIDAN           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

1003 AM     SNOW             BURLINGTON              39.31N 102.27W
12/08/2009  M4.0 INCH        KIT CARSON         CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1003 AM     SNOW             9 SW HILL CITY          39.26N 99.95W
12/08/2009  M5.0 INCH        GRAHAM             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

1012 AM     SNOW             CHEYENNE WELLS          38.82N 102.35W
12/08/2009  M3.0 INCH        CHEYENNE           CO   EMERGENCY MNGR

1012 AM     SNOW             HILL CITY               39.37N 99.85W
12/08/2009  M5.0 INCH        GRAHAM             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1012 AM     SNOW             NORTON                  39.84N 99.89W
12/08/2009  M6.0 INCH        NORTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1103 AM     SNOW             STRATTON                39.30N 102.60W
12/08/2009  M3.0 INCH        KIT CARSON         CO   AMATEUR RADIO

1113 AM     HEAVY SNOW       INDIANOLA               40.23N 100.42W
12/08/2009  E6.0 INCH        RED WILLOW         NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            ONE FOOT DRIFTS ALSO REPORTED.

1113 AM     SNOW             23 SW GOODLAND          39.11N 102.01W
12/08/2009  E3.0 INCH        WALLACE            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

1210 PM     HEAVY SNOW       9 NNE KIT CARSON        38.88N 102.73W
12/08/2009  E6.5 INCH        CHEYENNE           CO   CO-OP OBSERVER

1222 PM     SNOW             BURLINGTON              39.31N 102.27W
12/08/2009  M5.5 INCH        KIT CARSON         CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0119 PM     HEAVY SNOW       NORTON                  39.84N 99.89W
12/08/2009  M7.0 INCH        NORTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

0210 PM     SNOW             OAKLEY                  39.13N 100.85W
12/08/2009  E0.0 INCH        LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG
            INTERSTATE 70 AND AREA HIGHWAYS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND
            LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBLITY DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW.

0738 AM     HEAVY SNOW       9 SW HILL CITY          39.26N 99.95W
12/09/2009  M11.0 INCH       GRAHAM             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER REPORTED STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 11 INCHES.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 9:55 PM CSTWind Chill WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more12 hr
Dec 9, 3:30 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 4 more7 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Kansas, 2009Wind Chill Advisories in Colorado, 2009Wind Chill Advisories in Nebraska, 2009Every wind chill advisory in 2009

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.