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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

April 9, 2011Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Greeley County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 9, 2011, 3:08 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Greeley County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2011, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 3:40 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Firstview, CO
Apr 9, 4:33 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 6712 Ne Goodland, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2011-04-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

260 
WWUS73 KGLD 092108
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
308 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011

COZ091-092-KSZ013-027-041-100200-
/O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110410T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0002.110409T2108Z-110410T0200Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...
GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE
308 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* PEAK WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
  WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY
IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE.

&&

$$

COZ090-KSZ001>003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ079-080-100200-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110410T0200Z/
YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-
WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...
OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON
308 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 /408 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS 
  MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. 

* PEAK WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH 
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST 
  WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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
323 
WWUS73 KGLD 100213
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
813 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011

COZ091-092-KSZ013-027-041-100315-
/O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110410T0200Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...
GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE
813 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

COZ090-KSZ001>003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ079-080-100315-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110410T0200Z/
YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-
WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...
OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON
813 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 /913 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY WAS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

BULLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 3:35 AM MDTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma16 hr
Apr 9, 3:35 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton5 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2011High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.