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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Goodland, KS

June 22, 2012Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 22, 2012, 10:55 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2012, 10:55 AM MDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
3114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

119 
WWUS73 KGLD 221655
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1055 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-230100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0031.120622T1655Z-120623T0100Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
1055 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 /1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING/DURATION...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON. 

* PEAK WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED
  BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
172 
WWUS73 KGLD 230047
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
647 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-230400-
/O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120623T0400Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
647 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 /747 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
  THE EVENING HOURS.

* PEAK WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITIES 
  REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$
523 
WWUS73 KGLD 230357
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
957 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012


COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-230500-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120623T0400Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
957 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 /1057 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...WITH WINDS RELAXING TO 15 TO 30 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM MDT (1230 AM CDT)...THESE
CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REMAIN WIDESPREAD.

$$

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.