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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 7, 2012, 2:36 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 7, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2012, 2:36 AM MDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 10:40 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
764 WWUS73 KGLD 070836 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 236 AM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING COOLER CONDITIONS AND A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING...WITH WINDS DECREASING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-071800- /O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0032.120907T1200Z-120907T1900Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 236 AM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012 /336 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 1 PM MDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 1 PM MDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. * PEAK WINDS...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY 9 AM MDT (10 AM CDT) AND BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND NOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DIRT IS POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
027 WWUS73 KGLD 071640 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1040 AM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012 COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-071745- /O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-120907T1900Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1040 AM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012 /1140 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:24 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Graham | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 10:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 24 min |
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.