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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Goodland, KS

September 7, 2012Cheyenne County, Colorado; 5 counties in Kansas

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 9:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Graham36 min
Sep 7, 10:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove24 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.