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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Goodland, KS

March 3, 2012Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 1:22 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2012, 1:22 AM MST (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2012, 9:00 AM MST
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 3:48 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2012-03-03Temperature 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 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 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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.

306 
WWUS73 KGLD 030822
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
122 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-031800-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0015.120303T1600Z-120303T2300Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
122 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 /222 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY
  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY.

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
928 
WWUS73 KGLD 031807
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1107 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-032300-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T2300Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
1107 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 /1207 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH
  LATE AFTERNOON.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT IS
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
006 
WWUS73 KGLD 032248
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
348 PM MST SAT MAR 3 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-040000-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T2300Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
348 PM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 /448 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 1:25 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita14 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2012Wind Advisories in Colorado, 2012Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2012Every wind advisory 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.