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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS

July 2, 2011Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Jul 2, 2011, 10:05 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 98 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
Jul 2, 2011, 10:05 PM MDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 11:43 PM MDT
In force
98 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 920 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

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

478 
WWUS73 KGLD 030405
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1005 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011


COZ090-KSZ001-002-NEZ079-080-030600-
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0007.110703T0405Z-110703T0600Z/
YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...
BENKELMAN...TRENTON
1005 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 /1105 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* PEAK WINDS...PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED.


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.

&&

$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
880 
WWUS73 KGLD 030543
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1143 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011


COZ090-KSZ001-002-NEZ079-080-030645-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110703T0600Z/
YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...
BENKELMAN...TRENTON
1143 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 /1243 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.


$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy36 min
Jul 2, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy51 min
Jul 2, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy66 min
Jul 2, 7:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDundy4 hr
Jul 2, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock21 min
Jul 2, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow50 min
Jul 2, 9:35 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow16 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace32 min
Jul 2, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne37 min
Jul 2, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman32 min
Jul 2, 7:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman3 hr
Jul 2, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas36 min
Jul 2, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins46 min
Jul 2, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas55 min
Jul 2, 9:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan65 min
Jul 2, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma65 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma25 min
Jul 2, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma17 min
Jul 2, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma23 min
Jul 2, 7:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma4 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2011High 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.