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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 17 hr |
| May 27, 12:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 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.