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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Goodland, KS

March 21, 20118 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 2011-03-21Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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.

788 
WWUS73 KGLD 212235
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
435 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011

...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...

.SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. 

KSZ013>015-027>029-041-042-220300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0004.110321T2300Z-110322T0300Z/
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI
435 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 /535 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING. 

* PEAK WINDS...PEAK WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  ARE 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
361 
WWUS73 KGLD 220145
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
745 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011


KSZ013>015-027>029-041-042-220245-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110322T0300Z/
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI
745 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 /845 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 4:23 AM CDTFire Weather WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more25 hr
Mar 21, 6:22 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more5 hr

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.