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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at May 26, 2012, 11:42 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2012, 11:42 PM MDT (05:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 6327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433 WWUS73 KGLD 270542 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1142 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 COZ090>092-270900- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120527T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0028.120527T0542Z-120527T0900Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 1142 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND 3 AM MDT. * PEAK WINDS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. 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. && $$ KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270900- /O.EXT.KGLD.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120527T0900Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1142 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 /1242 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT /4 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... * TIMING/DURATION...STRONG WINDS ENHANCED FROM DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH WIND SPEEDS GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH 4 AM CDT. * PEAK WINDS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ACROSS THOMAS...SHERIDAN...LOGAN AND GOVE COUNTIES. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CREATE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 IN THE COLBY AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VEHICLES BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE 70. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
320 WWUS73 KGLD 270852 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 252 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-271000- /O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120527T0900Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 252 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /352 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM MDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DECLINED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO DECLINE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ COZ090>092-271000- /O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120527T0900Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 252 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DECLINED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:30 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 9 hr |
| May 27, 3:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 17 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.