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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Goodland, KS

June 27, 20115 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 27, 2011, 4:13 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2011, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 8:50 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

021 
WWUS73 KGLD 270913
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
313 AM MDT MON JUN 27 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

.NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT
CURRENTLY PASSING OVER THE AREA WITH ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED
THROUGH MID MORNING.

KSZ015-016-028-029-042-271500-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0023.110627T0913Z-110627T1500Z/
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
LEOTI
413 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA BY
  SUNRISE AND DECREASE BELOW CRITERIA BY MID MORNING.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS
  AROUND 45 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
874 
WWUS73 KGLD 271350
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
750 AM MDT MON JUN 27 2011


KSZ015-016-028-029-042-271500-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-110627T1500Z/
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
LEOTI
850 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY AS WINDS REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. 

WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH TO 20 MPH DURING THE MORNING WILL DECREASE TO 10
TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins65 min
Jun 27, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins45 min
Jun 27, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins41 min
Jun 27, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins41 min
Jun 27, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins21 min
Jun 27, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas38 min
Jun 27, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur22 min

Nearby

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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.