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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 2, 2011, 6:12 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2011, 6:12 AM CDT (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 11:12 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, 11.2 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
- 3547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
602 WWUS73 KGLD 021112 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 512 AM MDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-021915- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0020.110602T1112Z-110603T0200Z/ 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 512 AM MDT THU JUN 2 2011 /612 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST AND WEST ROADS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE IMPACTS FROM THESE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-021915- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0020.110602T1800Z-110603T0200Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 612 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST AND WEST ROADS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE IMPACTS FROM THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$ BULLER
2 follow-up statements
192 WWUS73 KGLD 021855 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1255 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-030200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110603T0200Z/ 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 1255 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011 /155 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST AND WEST ROADS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE IMPACTS FROM THESE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-030200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110603T0200Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 155 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST AND WEST ROADS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE IMPACTS FROM THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
885 WWUS73 KGLD 030115 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 715 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-030215- /O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110603T0200Z/ 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 715 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011 /815 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 16 min |
| Jun 1, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 6:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 13 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.