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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Goodland, KS

October 13, 2013Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2013, 8:40 AM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 13, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2013, 8:40 AM CDT (13:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2013, 2:50 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2013-10-13Temperature 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 2013-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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.

114 
WWUS73 KGLD 131340
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
740 AM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER LATE
THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE
TO OUR EAST AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE COLORADO FRONT
RANGE INCREASES.

COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-140000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.131013T1700Z-131014T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS
740 AM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013 /840 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT /NOON CDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT /NOON CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.

* PEAK WINDS...45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING/DURATION...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS
  THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER RECENTLY PLOWED
  FIELDS. 

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
636 
WWUS73 KGLD 131950
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
150 PM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013


COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-132100-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131014T0000Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS
150 PM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013 /250 PM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45
MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR
GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. 

$$

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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.