Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 24, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2011, 8:00 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, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 3528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WWUS73 KGLD 240925 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 325 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... .DURING THE MORNING HOURS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SETUP AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEBRASKA MOVES SOUTH AND LOW PRESSURE IN COLORADO MOVES EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...REACHING A PEAK DURING THE MID AFTERNOON...BEFORE DECREASING AROUND SUNSET. COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241730- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0006.110324T1500Z-110325T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 325 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2011 /425 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN VISIBILITY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
203 WWUS73 KGLD 241802 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1202 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250100- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1202 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011 /102 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
051 WWUS73 KGLD 250050 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 650 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250200- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110325T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 650 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011 /750 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:46 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 6 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.