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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Goodland, KS

July 2, 20108 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 Jul 2, 2010, 4:40 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jul 2, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2010, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 2, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 2, 2010, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-312 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 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 Jul 2, 3:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma31 min
Jul 2, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma13 min
Jul 2, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma25 min
Jul 2, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma34 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy17 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.