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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 22, 2016, 4:05 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 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
- Mar 22, 2016, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Kit Carson, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 5 Sse Tribune, KS | |
| Mar 23, 7:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 9 Sse Sharon Springs, KS | |
| Mar 23, 7:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Firstview, CO | |
| Mar 23, 11:32 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 5 Ese Gove, KS | TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 24, 12:02 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 2 Ese Oakley, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 4195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
068 WWUS73 KGLD 222105 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 305 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION... .A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. NORTH WIND AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR TO THE REGION. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COZ092-KSZ004-015-016-027>029-041-042-230600- /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0002.160323T1800Z-160324T0600Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 305 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 /405 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS WITH ANY SNOW. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL DOES NOT OCCUR. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
049 WWUS73 KGLD 230005 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 605 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION... .A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. NORTH WIND AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR TO THE REGION. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COZ092-KSZ004-015-016-027>029-041-042-231200- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0002.160323T1800Z-160324T0600Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 605 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 /705 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS WITH ANY SNOW. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL DOES NOT OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$
592 WWUS73 KGLD 230305 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 905 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION... .A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. NORTH WIND AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR TO THE REGION. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COZ092-KSZ004-015-016-027>029-041-042-231200- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0002.160323T1800Z-160324T0600Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 905 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 /1005 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS WITH ANY SNOW. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL DOES NOT OCCUR. 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. && $$
986 WWUS73 KGLD 230949 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION... .VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND BEHIND A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ092-240600- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0002.160323T1800Z-160324T0600Z/ CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE WELLS 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SNOW. BLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IS ALSO POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AREAS RECEIVING PRECIPITATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$ KSZ004-015-016-027>029-041-042-240600- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0002.160323T1800Z-160324T0600Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 /449 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SNOW. BLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IS ALSO POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AREAS RECEIVING PRECIPITATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DURING A BLOWING DUST EVENT...SUCH AS STAYING INDOORS OR WEARING PROTECTIVE BREATHING MASKS IF OUTSIDE. HIGH DUST CONCENTRATIONS CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS...DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY...AGGRAVATE ASTHMA...AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN...ELDERLY...OR THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
992 WWUS73 KGLD 231940 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 140 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION... .VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ092-KSZ004-015-016-027>029-041-042-240600- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160324T0600Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 140 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 /240 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT... * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * TIMING/DURATION...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SNOW. BLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IS ALSO POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AREAS RECEIVING PRECIPITATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DURING A BLOWING DUST EVENT...SUCH AS STAYING INDOORS OR WEARING PROTECTIVE BREATHING MASKS IF OUTSIDE. HIGH DUST CONCENTRATIONS CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS...DECREASE LUNG ACTIVITY...AGGRAVATE ASTHMA...AND LEAD TO POTENTIAL HEART-RELATED PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN... ELDERLY...OR THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE. && $$
084 WWUS73 KGLD 240558 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1158 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 COZ092-KSZ004-015-016-027>029-041-042-240700- /O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160324T0600Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1158 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 /1258 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LOCAL WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM MDT/3 AM CDT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:23 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 33 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 33 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2016High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 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.