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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Goodland, KS

May 23, 201013 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 advisory at May 23, 2010, 3:22 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 24, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2010, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 24, 2010, 7:52 PM CDT
In force
10 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 20:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2010-05-23Temperature 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°0°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 2010-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 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 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 advisory went out at May 23, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 AM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1045 AM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010 /1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM MDT (5 PM
CDT) ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TRIBUNE KANSAS TO NORTON
KANSAS AS A WARM FRONT DEVELOPS IN THE AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP. ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON DUE
TO A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION NOW IN PLACE WHICH WILL ACT TO
SUPPRESS STORM DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THIS EVENING.

MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED AFTER ABOUT 7 PM
MDT (8 PM CDT) ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 AS THE WARM FRONT
CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH DURING THE EVENING AND THE CAPPING INVERSION
WEAKENS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...THE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE TORNADOES WILL EXIST
THIS EVENING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS...ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

DLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan53 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas61 min
May 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas64 min
May 23, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita63 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2010Wind Advisories in Colorado, 2010Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010

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.