Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 11:42 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2011, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 2212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
010 WWUS73 KGLD 021642 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1042 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY... KSZ003-004-014>016-028-029-042-030045- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.110402T1642Z-110403T0100Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE... HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI 1142 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
907 WWUS73 KGLD 021955 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 155 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY... KSZ003-014-028-042-022100- /O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110403T0100Z/ DECATUR-THOMAS-LOGAN-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...COLBY...OAKLEY...LEOTI 255 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...HOWEVER GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING BY SUNSET. $$ KSZ004-015-016-029-030100- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110403T0100Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...QUINTER 255 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WITH HIGHER GUSTS 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. && $$
681 WWUS73 KGLD 030051 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 651 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011 KSZ004-015-016-029-030200- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110403T0100Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...QUINTER 751 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 12 hr |
Nearby
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.