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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Goodland, KS

April 2, 20118 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-04-02Temperature 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 2011-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 4:20 AM CDTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more16 hr
Apr 2, 5:04 PM CDTFire Weather WatchGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita12 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 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.