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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

December 25, 2016Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2016, 3:59 AM MST for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. 27 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
Dec 25, 2016, 3:59 AM MST (10:59 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2016, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 25, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 25, 8:00 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND DMG4 W St. Francis, KSTWO BUILDINGS ON A FARM WERE DESTROYED. ONE WAS A CINDER BLOCK BOTTOM, WOOD TOP THAT WAS FLATTENED. BLOCKS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE YARD. A NEWER VEHICLE INSIDE WAS DAMAGED. THE SECOND BUILDING WAS A BARN THAT WAS PUSHED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND PART OF THE ROO
Dec 25, 8:00 AM MSTHEAVY RAIN 1.25 Ne Atwood, KS
Dec 25, 8:20 AM MSTTSTM WND DMGGrinnell, KSPORCH TORN DOWN. CAR WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
Dec 25, 10:53 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 554 S Burlington, CO
Dec 25, 11:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 S Goodland, KSSNAPPED TELEPHONE POLE WITH LINES DOWN NEAR AUTO PARTS PLACE ON HWY 24. SIGN TORN DOWN AT TRUCK STOP ON HWY 27.
Dec 25, 11:53 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 624 S Burlington, CO
Dec 25, 11:53 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Burlington, CO
Dec 25, 12:08 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Goodland, KS
Dec 25, 12:09 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 594 E Ruleton, KS
Dec 25, 12:15 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 64Goodland, KS
Dec 25, 12:25 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 562 E Arapahoe, CO
Dec 25, 12:25 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND DMGGoodland, KSESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCH LIVE TREE BRANCH BLOWN DOWN.
Dec 25, 12:44 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 629 Sse Sharon Springs, KS
Dec 25, 1:02 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Seibert, CO
Dec 25, 1:14 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Yuma, CO
Dec 25, 1:18 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Bird City, KS
Dec 25, 1:23 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 605 Ese Gove, KS
Dec 25, 1:25 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 572 Ene Colby, KS
Dec 25, 1:30 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 5812 S Sharon Springs, KS
Dec 25, 1:32 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 733 Ne Idalia, CO
Dec 25, 2:10 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 582 Ene Colby, KS
Dec 25, 2:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 671 Se St. Francis, KS
Dec 25, 2:57 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 74Colby, KS
Dec 25, 3:31 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 604 Nw Atwood, KS55 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 2 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
Dec 25, 3:44 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 602 Ene Mccook, NE
Dec 25, 3:44 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 661 Ene Norton, KS
Dec 25, 3:56 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 81S Oberlin, KS

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2016-12-25Temperature 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 2016-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 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
2740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

605 
WWUS73 KGLD 251059
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
359 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSZ003-004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-251800-
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0004.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGLD.FG.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/
DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-
RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE...
HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...LEOTI...
MCCOOK
459 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING.

* TIMING/DURATION...DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING
  TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND LATE MORNING
  HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE FOG WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  DUE TO VISIBILITY DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
  THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT COULD REDUCE THE
  VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS. 

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70
  MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN FOG. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN AND BE
PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY NEAR
RIVERS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON LOW
BEAMS AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY.

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-KSZ001-002-013-027-041-NEZ079-080-251800-
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0004.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...
SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON...TRENTON...
STRATTON NE...PALISADE
359 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 /459 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70
  MPH.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND
  LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
943 
WWUS73 KGLD 251448
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
748 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSZ014-028-042-252300-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FG.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0004.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/
THOMAS-LOGAN-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLBY...OAKLEY...LEOTI
848 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE
FOG ADVISORY.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND
  LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  70 MPH.

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.

&&

$$

KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-252300-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FG.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161225T1600Z/
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0004.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...
QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...MCCOOK
848 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING/DURATION...DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING 
  TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND LATE 
  MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE FOG WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS DUE TO VISIBILITY DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR 
  LESS AT TIMES. THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT 
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  70 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN FOG. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN AND BE
PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY NEAR
RIVERS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON LOW
BEAMS AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY.

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-KSZ001-002-013-027-041-NEZ079-080-252300-
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0004.161225T1500Z-161226T0000Z/
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...
SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON...TRENTON...
STRATTON NE...PALISADE
748 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 /848 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  70 MPH.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND 
  LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT 
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

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.

&&

$$
994 
WWUS73 KGLD 251553
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
853 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016

KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-260000-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FG.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-161225T1600Z/
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...
QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...MCCOOK
953 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE
FOG ADVISORY.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND
  LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  70 MPH.

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-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-260000-
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...
COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...
CULBERTSON...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE
853 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 /953 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  70 MPH.

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE MID AND 
  LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT 
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

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.

&&

$$
197 
WWUS73 KGLD 251726
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1026 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-260000-
/O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...
NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...
OAKLEY...QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...
BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...
MCCOOK
1026 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 /1126 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

* TIMING/DURATION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG DURING THE LATE
  MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING DUST THAT 
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS.

* PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  70 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
916 
WWUS73 KGLD 260002
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
502 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-260115-
/O.EXP.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...
NORTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...
OAKLEY...QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...
BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...
MCCOOK
502 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 /602 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE STRONGER WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER, A FEW
GUSTS TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR OVER THEN NEXT HOUR OR TWO BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY MID EVENING. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 7:21 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy, Hitchcock24 min
Dec 25, 7:45 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow45 min
Dec 25, 8:30 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock, Red Willow60 min
Dec 25, 9:28 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow47 min
Dec 25, 4:05 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wichita13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2016High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 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.