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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 9, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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, Greeley County, KS, Logan 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
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 4508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
909 WWUS73 KGLD 090935 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 335 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A WARM FRONT POSITIONED FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME GUSTY REACHING ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. KSZ003-091800- /O.NEW.KGLD.FG.Y.0008.110409T0935Z-110409T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.110409T1600Z-110410T0200Z/ DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OBERLIN 435 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BECOME GUSTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * VISIBILITY INFO...VISIBILITY WILL PERSIST AT 1/4 OF A MILE THIS MORNING. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN FOG. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVERS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAMS AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. 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. && $$ KSZ004-016-NEZ081-091600- /O.NEW.KGLD.FG.Y.0008.110409T0935Z-110409T1600Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY...MCCOOK 435 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING/DURATION...DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY INFO...VISIBILITY OF 1/4 OF A MILE OR LESS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN FOG. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVERS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAMS AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-080-091800- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.110409T1600Z-110410T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... BENKELMAN...TRENTON 335 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 /435 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
984 WWUS73 KGLD 091440 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 840 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 KSZ003-092245- /O.CAN.KGLD.FG.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110409T1600Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.110409T1600Z-110410T0200Z/ DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OBERLIN 940 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. THE FOG HAS DISSIPATED. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$ KSZ004-016-NEZ081-091545- /O.CAN.KGLD.FG.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110409T1600Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY...MCCOOK 940 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. THE FOG HAS DISSIPATED. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-080-092245- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.110409T1600Z-110410T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... BENKELMAN...TRENTON 840 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 /940 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
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. && $$ COZ090-KSZ001>003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ079-080-100200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110410T0200Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE- WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...BENKELMAN... TRENTON 308 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 /408 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:35 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:08 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 5 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2011Wind Advisories in Colorado, 2011Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2011Every wind advisory 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.