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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2012, 3:24 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2012, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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, Greeley County, KS, Logan 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
572 WWUS73 KGLD 262024 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 224 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-270430- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 224 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 /324 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST BY SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-270430- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1800Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 324 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
5 follow-up statements
135 WWUS73 KGLD 270339 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 939 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-271200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 939 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 /1039 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST BY SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-271200- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1800Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1039 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
046 WWUS73 KGLD 271154 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 554 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-272000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 554 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 /654 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST BY SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-272000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1800Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 654 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$ BULLER
631 WWUS73 KGLD 271428 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 828 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-280000- /O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0007.120427T1500Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 828 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 /928 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST BY SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS PAST 60 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-280000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.120427T1800Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 928 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
337 WWUS73 KGLD 272054 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 254 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-280000- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 254 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 /354 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-280000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 354 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
016 WWUS73 KGLD 280011 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 611 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-280115- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120428T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 611 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 /711 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND SPEED ACROSS THE REGION HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO BUT WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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.