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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Goodland, KS

March 18, 2014Greeley County, Wallace County, Wichita County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2014, 6:10 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Wichita County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2014, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2014, 8:12 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2014-03-19Temperature 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 2014-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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.

752 
WWUS73 KGLD 190010
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT TUE MAR 18 2014


COZ092-KSZ027-041-042-190400-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140319T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.140319T0010Z-140319T0400Z/
CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
610 PM MDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /710 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* PEAK WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50
  MPH EXPECTED.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT THE AREA BEFORE 9
  PM MDT/10 PM CDT. THESE MAY BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF REDUCED
  VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED NEAR
  ANY OPEN 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.

&&

$$

COZ090-091-KSZ001>003-013>015-028-029-NEZ079>081-190115-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140319T0200Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...
OAKLEY...QUINTER...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
610 PM MDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /710 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS REPLACED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE
AREA TONIGHT.

$$

KSZ004-016-190115-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140319T0200Z/
NORTON-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY
710 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS REPLACED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE AREA
TONIGHT.

$$
1 follow-up statement
205 
WWUS73 KGLD 190212
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
812 PM MDT TUE MAR 18 2014


COZ092-KSZ027-041-042-190315-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0400Z/
CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
812 PM MDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /912 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
GUST HIGHER THAN 45 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 6:04 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 4 more2 hr

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.