Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2012, 1:24 AM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2012, 1:24 AM CST (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
257 WWUS73 KGLD 050724 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1224 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 KSZ003-004-014>016-027>029-041-042-051800- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0017.120305T1600Z-120306T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1224 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 /124 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 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 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT WITH LOCALIZED REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY WILL BE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
357 WWUS73 KGLD 051725 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1025 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 KSZ003-004-014>016-027>029-041-042-060000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1025 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 /1125 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING/DURATION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD DECREASE BY SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT WITH LOCALIZED REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
218 WWUS73 KGLD 060006 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 506 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 KSZ003-004-014>016-027>029-041-042-060115- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 506 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 /606 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:37 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
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.