Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Feb 18, 2016, 10:38 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports 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 18, 2016, 10:38 PM CST (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2016, 4:02 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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 18, 11:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Mccook, NE | |
| Feb 19, 2:15 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Wray, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 3500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
390 WWUS73 KGLD 190438 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 938 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013-014-NEZ079>081-191200- /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0001.160219T0438Z-160219T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 938 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 /1038 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 TO 65. * TIMING/DURATION...HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL LAST FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS BEFORE DECREASING. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
442 WWUS73 KGLD 191002 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 302 AM MST FRI FEB 19 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013-014-NEZ079>081-191115- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 302 AM MST FRI FEB 19 2016 /402 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD WARNING CRITERIA WINDS ARE UNLIKELY. THUS THE WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED EARLY. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2016High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2016High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.