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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 27, 2012, 9:28 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 27, 2012, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 3:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
631 WWUS73 KGLD 271428 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 828 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-280000- /O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0007.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 828 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 /928 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST BY SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS PAST 60 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-280000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1800Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 928 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
337 WWUS73 KGLD 272054 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 254 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-280000- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 254 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 /354 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-280000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 354 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 3:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.