Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Chill Warnings in 2011
Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind chill warning at Dec 6, 2011, 3:55 AM MST for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2011, 3:55 AM MST (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2011, 8:00 AM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
171 WWUS43 KGLD 061055 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 355 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING... COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-061500- /O.UPG.KGLD.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111206T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WC.W.0004.111206T1055Z-111206T1500Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 355 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2011 /455 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING/DURATION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL INFO...WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTSIDE SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND MINIMIZE EXPOSURE. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD BE GIVEN ADEQUATE PROTECTION AGAINST THE COLD WEATHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW MINUS 25 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES...AND HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH MAY OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS. && $$ KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-061500- /O.NEW.KGLD.WC.Y.0008.111206T1055Z-111206T1500Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 355 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2011 /455 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. * TIMING/DURATION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL INFO...WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 24 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND MINIMIZE EXPOSURE. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD BE GIVEN ADEQUATE PROTECTION AGAINST THE COLD WEATHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES...AND HYPOTHERMIA MAY OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS. && $$ BULLER
1 follow-up statement
579 WWUS43 KGLD 061458 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 758 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-061600- /O.EXP.KGLD.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111206T1500Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 758 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2011 /858 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES HAVE STARTED TO SLOWLY WARM UP. THEREFORE THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-061600- /O.EXP.KGLD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-111206T1500Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 758 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2011 /858 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES HAVE STARTED TO SLOWLY WARM UP. THEREFORE THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 3:55 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Warnings in Kansas, 2011Wind Chill Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Wind Chill Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every wind chill warning 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.