Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2014, 12:02 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2014, 12:02 PM CST (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 4:38 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Mccook, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254 WWUS73 KGLD 201802 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1102 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION TODAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS AROUND SUNRISE. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN THROUGH THE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AS SKIES CLEAR ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ002>004-015-016-NEZ080-081-210000- /O.UPG.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0003.140220T1802Z-140221T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1202 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...WIND SPEEDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DECLINE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-014-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-210000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE- LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN 1102 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014 /1202 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND WILL PEAK FROM MID DAY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$ JTL
1 follow-up statement
795 WWUS73 KGLD 202238 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 338 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... KSZ002>004-015-016-NEZ080-081-210000- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...TRENTON...MCCOOK 438 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-014-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-210000- /O.CON.KGLD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE- LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN 338 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014 /438 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY AFFECT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && $$
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.