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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 2:05 AM MST for Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:05 AM MST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598 WWUS73 KGLD 040905 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 205 AM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-028-029-NEZ079>081-041800- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0016.120304T1600Z-120304T2300Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN- GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY... OAKLEY...QUINTER...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 205 AM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 /305 AM CST SUN MAR 4 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 THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
652 WWUS73 KGLD 041751 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1051 AM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-028-029-NEZ079>081-042300- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN- GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY... OAKLEY...QUINTER...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1051 AM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 /1151 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING/DURATION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...LOCALIZED REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
960 WWUS73 KGLD 042058 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 158 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 COZ090-KSZ028-029-042200- /O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ YUMA-LOGAN-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...OAKLEY...QUINTER 158 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 /258 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FURTHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-042300- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 158 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 /258 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING/DURATION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...LOCALIZED REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
212 WWUS73 KGLD 042246 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 346 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-050000- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 346 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012 /446 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING WITH THE APPROACH OF SUNSET AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:18 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 21 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:18 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 38 hr |
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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.