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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Goodland, KS

March 11, 2011Decatur County, Norton County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2011, 2:10 PM CST for Decatur County, Norton County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2011, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

030 
WWUS73 KGLD 112010
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
110 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011


KSZ002>004-NEZ079>081-120000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0003.110311T2010Z-110312T0000Z/
RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON...MCCOOK
110 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 /210 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
  50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
  DUST IN OPEN...UNPROTECTED AREAS. BE CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED
  FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IF APPROACHING AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST.



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
201 
WWUS73 KGLD 112358
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
458 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011


KSZ002>004-NEZ079>081-120100-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T0000Z/
RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...BENKELMAN...
TRENTON...MCCOOK
458 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 /558 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 10:54 AM CSTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Greeley, Norton, Rawlins and 4 more7 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 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.