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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Goodland, KS

March 31, 2011Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2011, 3:00 AM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 31, 2011, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2011, 3:00 AM MDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2011, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2011, 1:55 PM MDT
In force
6 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 08:59 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, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-03-31Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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.

098 
WWUS73 KGLD 310900
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
300 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2011

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. 

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311700-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0007.110331T1400Z-110331T2300Z/
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
300 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2011 /400 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 5 PM MDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM MDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY BY
  MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE SLOWLY
  DECREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. 

* PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH ARE EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
396 
WWUS73 KGLD 311955
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
155 PM MDT THU MAR 31 2011


COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-312100-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110331T2300Z/
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
155 PM MDT THU MAR 31 2011 /255 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS SO FAR TODAY HAVE BEEN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...HOWEVER GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATER AFTERNOON...BECOMING
LIGHT AFTER SUNSET.



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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.