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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2012, 10:24 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2012, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 2222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616 WWUS73 KGLD 171524 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 924 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 KSZ003-004-015-016-029-180000- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0026.120517T1800Z-120518T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER 1024 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * PEAK WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AT SOME LOCATIONS * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO CRITERIA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE BELOW CRITERIA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ CJS
1 follow-up statement
349 WWUS73 KGLD 172355 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 555 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 KSZ003-004-015-016-029-180100- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120518T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER 655 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 10 hr |
| May 17, 3:53 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 29 hr |
| May 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 35 min |
| May 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 46 min |
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.