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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Goodland, KS

May 17, 20125 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 5:56 AM CDTFire Weather WatchGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace10 hr
May 17, 3:53 PM CDTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more29 hr
May 17, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley32 min
May 17, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
May 17, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas46 min

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.