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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Goodland, KS

December 3, 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 Dec 3, 2012, 3:49 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 3, 2012, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2012, 3:49 AM MST (10:49 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2012, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 3, 2012, 11:41 AM MST
In force
6 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 10:53 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, 10.8 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 00:00Z on 2012-12-03Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
2691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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.

846 
WWUS73 KGLD 031049
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
349 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012


COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-031900-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0036.121203T1300Z-121203T1900Z/
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
349 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012 /449 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /1 PM CST/ TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /1 PM CST/ TODAY. 

* TIMING/DURATION...STRONGEST WIND WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND
  THEN SLOWLY DECREASE BY AFTERNOON.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH BRIEF GUSTS IN
  EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST NEAR OPEN FIELDS WITH
  VISIBILITY BELOW 1 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
774 
WWUS73 KGLD 031841
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1141 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-031945-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121203T1900Z/
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
1141 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012 /1241 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

$$

MENTZER

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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.