Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 29, 2011, 9:22 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 100 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2011, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 11:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 100 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 624 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774 WWUS73 KGLD 300222 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 822 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...STRONG WINDS OVERSPREAD THE AREA... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND IT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. KSZ002-003-NEZ080-081-300600- /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0004.110430T0222Z-110430T0600Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 922 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * PEAK WINDS...WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH A FEW AREAS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. 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. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-300600- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0012.110430T0222Z-110430T0600Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN 822 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 /922 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT. * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$ JRM
1 follow-up statement
898 WWUS73 KGLD 300402 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1002 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 KSZ002-003-NEZ080-081-300600- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110430T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110430T0600Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1102 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. 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. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-300600- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110430T0600Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN 1002 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 /1102 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT... * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2011High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.