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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Oct 6, 2011, 4:45 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 6, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 13 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
- Oct 6, 2011, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 10:00 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, 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 09:45 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 S Burlington, CO | |
| Oct 6, 1:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Goodland, KS | |
| Oct 6, 1:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 W Bird City, KS | |
| Oct 6, 2:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Goodland, KS | |
| Oct 6, 2:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 12 N Goodland, KS | |
| Oct 6, 3:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 11 N Leoti, KS | |
| Oct 6, 3:02 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 S Burlington, CO | |
| Oct 6, 3:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Nne Goodland, KS | MEASURED AT THE GOODLAND ASOS |
| Oct 6, 3:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nnw Weskan, KS | |
| Oct 6, 3:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 1 Sw Bird City, KS | |
| Oct 6, 4:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 11 Ssw Wheeler, KS | |
| Oct 6, 7:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Stratton, CO | ALSO OCCURRED AT 1500 MDT |
| Oct 6, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Sharon Springs, 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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
089 WWUS73 KGLD 060945 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 345 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. COZ090-KSZ001>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ079>081-061800- /O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0025.111006T1500Z-111007T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0008.111006T1600Z-111007T0300Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 345 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 /445 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE CROSSWINDS ARE STRONG OVER OPEN AREAS. SOME BLOWING DUST IS ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ091-092-KSZ013-027-041-061800- /O.UPG.KGLD.HW.A.0003.111006T1500Z-111007T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0008.111006T1600Z-111007T0300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS... GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 345 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE CROSSWINDS ARE STRONG OVER OPEN AREAS. SOME BLOWING DUST IS ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
034 WWUS73 KGLD 061753 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1153 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-070300- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111007T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1153 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 /1253 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO DECREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY WHERE CROSSWINDS ARE STRONG OVER OPEN AREAS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. 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. && $$ BULLER
119 WWUS73 KGLD 070303 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 903 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-070415- /O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111007T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 903 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 /1003 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BUT WILL REMAIN WINDY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 5:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2011High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 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.