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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 20127 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at May 27, 2012, 4:30 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at May 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2012, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
May 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 27, 2012, 1:26 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-05-27Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

950 
WWUS73 KGLD 270930
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
330 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012

COZ091-092-KSZ013-016-027>029-041-042-272100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0029.120527T1800Z-120528T0100Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-
WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...
GOODLAND...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
330 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /430 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM
MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO
7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
  DURING THE AFTERNOON THEN DECLINE DURING THE EVENING.

* PEAK WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45-50 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST DUE TO
  THE LACK OF ANY RECENT RAINFALL.

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
1 follow-up statement
648 
WWUS73 KGLD 271826
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1226 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012


COZ091-092-KSZ013-016-027>029-041-042-271930-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-120528T0100Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-
WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...
GOODLAND...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
1226 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /126 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

WHILE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...ADVISORY-LEVEL WIND
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF THE AREA...SO THE ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

CJS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
May 26, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita34 min
May 26, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace30 min
May 26, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita50 min
May 26, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Sherman, Wallace42 min
May 27, 4:35 AM CDTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more17 hr
May 27, 12:42 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma3 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.