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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS

June 2, 2012Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 2, 2012, 7:16 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 79 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2012, 7:16 PM MDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2012, 8:35 PM MDT
In force
79 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

263 
WWUS73 KGLD 030116
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
716 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

KSZ027-041-030300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0009.120603T0116Z-120603T0300Z/
WALLACE-GREELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE
716 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* PEAK WINDS... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER
  COUPLE OF HOURS BEHIND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE EXITED
  THE AREA. OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 9 PM.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN
  A MILE.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
062 
WWUS73 KGLD 030235
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
835 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

KSZ027-041-030345-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120603T0300Z/
WALLACE-GREELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE
835 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING.

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman66 min
Jun 2, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley55 min
Jun 2, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne20 min
Jun 2, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace64 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne17 min
Jun 2, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan23 min
Jun 2, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne51 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne55 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas67 min
Jun 2, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan53 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012

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.