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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:25 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.