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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 5, 2011, 3:34 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 4 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
- Nov 5, 2011, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2:24 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Burlington, CO | |
| Nov 5, 3:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | St. Francis, KS | |
| Nov 5, 3:26 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 8 Nw St. Francis, KS | |
| Nov 5, 4:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 8 Sse 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082 WWUS73 KGLD 050834 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 234 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-051800- /O.UPG.KGLD.HW.A.0004.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0009.111105T1800Z-111106T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 234 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /334 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 25. 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. && $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-051800- /O.UPG.KGLD.HW.A.0004.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0027.111105T1800Z-111106T0100Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 334 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
614 WWUS73 KGLD 051635 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1035 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-060000- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0009.111105T1800Z-111106T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 1035 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /1135 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 25. 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. && $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-060000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0027.111105T1800Z-111106T0100Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 1135 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
720 WWUS73 KGLD 052340 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-060100- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111106T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 540 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /640 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 25. 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. && $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-060100- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111106T0100Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 640 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
280 WWUS73 KGLD 060108 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 708 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-060215- /O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111106T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 708 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /808 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-060215- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111106T0100Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 808 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ BULLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 3:34 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 16 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2011High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.