Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 5:51 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 5:51 AM CST (11:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
775 WWUS73 KGLD 211151 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 451 AM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TODAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER ALL BUT GRAHAM AND NORTON COUNTIES TODAY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE NEAR SUNSET. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-211900- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0003.120121T1700Z-120122T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 451 AM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 /551 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /11 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /11 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING/DURATION...BY LATE THIS MORNING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS TODAY WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ BULLER
2 follow-up statements
084 WWUS73 KGLD 211833 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1133 AM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TODAY. SUSTAINED WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL DECREASE NEAR SUNSET. EVEN STRONGER WIND IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WIND OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-220100- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1133 AM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 /1233 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING/DURATION...SOUTHERLY WIND WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DECREASING AROUND SUNSET. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
053 WWUS73 KGLD 220000 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-220100- /O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND... COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 500 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 /600 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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.