Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 4:39 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2012, 4:39 AM CST (10:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 531 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
515 WWUS73 KGLD 121039 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 339 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-122000- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0002.120112T1500Z-120113T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 339 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012 /439 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MST /9 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 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN THE 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. && $$ JTL
2 follow-up statements
088 WWUS73 KGLD 121805 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1105 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ041-042-121915- /O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1105 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012 /1205 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-130000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1105 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012 /1205 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$
226 WWUS73 KGLD 122348 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 448 PM MST THU JAN 12 2012 KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-130100- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 448 PM MST THU JAN 12 2012 /548 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 5:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 13 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.