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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Goodland, KS

April 21, 201313 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2013, 2:57 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 22, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2013, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2013, 9:08 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

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

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2013-04-21Temperature 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 2013-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
1884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

333 
WWUS73 KGLD 211957
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
157 PM MDT SUN APR 21 2013


COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-220400-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.130422T1800Z-130423T0600Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
157 PM MDT SUN APR 21 2013 /257 PM CDT SUN APR 21 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND A
  STRONG COLD FRONT EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON NORTH OF I-70...AND
  LATER IN THE AFTERNOON SOUTH OF I-70. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
  BY MIDNIGHT.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.


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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
045 
WWUS73 KGLD 220407
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1007 PM MDT SUN APR 21 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221215-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.130422T1800Z-130423T0600Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
1007 PM MDT SUN APR 21 2013 /1107 PM CDT SUN APR 21 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/
MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND A 
  STRONG COLD FRONT EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON NORTH OF I-70...AND 
  LATER IN THE AFTERNOON SOUTH OF I-70. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY 
  DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. 

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
358 
WWUS73 KGLD 221201
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
601 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-230000-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.130422T1800Z-130423T0600Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
601 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 /701 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY
TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT...

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY
  ACROSS THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
752 
WWUS73 KGLD 222039
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
239 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-230445-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130423T0600Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
239 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 /339 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/
TONIGHT...

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS HAVE BECOME GUSTY ACROSS THE AREA
  TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH ARE EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$
840 
WWUS73 KGLD 230052
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013

COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-230200-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130423T0600Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...
HOXIE...HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
652 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 /752 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

THE COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT THE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE AREA HAS
MOVED WELL TO THE SOUTH AND WIDESPREAD ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-230600-
/O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130423T0600Z/
CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS...
OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI
652 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 /752 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/
TONIGHT...

* TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. 

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING,

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.

&&

$$
351 
WWUS73 KGLD 230208
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
808 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013


COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-230315-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130423T0600Z/
CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS...
OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI
808 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 /908 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

WINDS GUSTS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 45 MPH ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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.