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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Goodland, KS

February 24, 201211 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2012, 3:25 PM CST for 11 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2012, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-02-24Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

720 
WWUS73 KGLD 242125
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
225 PM MST FRI FEB 24 2012


COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-250000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.120224T2125Z-120225T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...
HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
225 PM MST FRI FEB 24 2012 /325 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING/DURATION...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF
  THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY NEAR SUNSET.

* PEAK WINDS...PEAK WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DIRT MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED
  VISIBILITY...USE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  VARY GREATLY IN SPEEDS...BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS.


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.

&&

$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
572 
WWUS73 KGLD 250002
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
502 PM MST FRI FEB 24 2012



COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-250115-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...
HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
502 PM MST FRI FEB 24 2012 /602 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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.