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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2012, 12:07 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 18:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:26 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Tribune Airport (Awos), KS | |
| Feb 28, 12:27 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Ese Winona, KS | |
| Feb 28, 12:31 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | |
| Feb 28, 1:26 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Oakley Airport (Awos), KS | |
| Feb 28, 1:47 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Firstview, CO | |
| Feb 28, 1:56 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Seguin, KS | |
| Feb 28, 3:18 PM CST | DUST STORM | 10 S Hill City, KS | SPOTTER DRIVING BETWEEN WAKEENEY AND HILL CITY REPORTING VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 1 MILE IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Feb 28, 4:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Tribune Airport (Awos), KS | |
| Feb 28, 4:51 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 4 W Goodland, KS | WITH BLOWING DIRT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WWUS73 KGLD 281807 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1107 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-290000- /O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0004.120228T1807Z-120229T0000Z/ 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 1107 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /1207 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING/DURATION...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON * PEAK WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$ BULLER
1 follow-up statement
091 WWUS73 KGLD 290002 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 502 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 COZ092-KSZ002>004-014>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ081-290300- /O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0014.120229T0002Z-120229T0300Z/ CHEYENNE CO-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE- LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...MCCOOK 502 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /602 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM CST. * PEAK WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$ COZ090-091-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-290115- /O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 502 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /602 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... A COLD FRONT HAS BEGUN TO MOVE OVER THE AREA...ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE BELOW WARNING LEVELS. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:46 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.