Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 15, 2018, 9:53 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 15, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2018, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2018, 12:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
993 WWUS73 KGLD 160253 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 853 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...Very strong wind gusts this evening... ...Very strong wind gusts across much of the area Friday... .Southwest winds gusting to 75 mph are possible as rain showers move northeast across the area. Blowing dust and reduced visibilities are possible. On Friday northwest winds will quickly increase into the 30 to 45 mph range with gusts over 60 mph by mid to late morning, continuing through the afternoon before decreasing around sunset. COZ091-092-KSZ013>015-027>029-041-042-160600- /O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0004.180316T0300Z-180316T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0003.180316T1500Z-180317T0100Z/ Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Wallace- Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita- Including the cities of Burlington, Arapahoe, Cheyenne Wells, Goodland, Colby, Hoxie, Sharon Springs, Oakley, Quinter, Grinnell, Grainfield, Tribune, and Leoti 853 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /953 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight. * Impacts... * Peak Winds...up to 75 mph this evening. Up to 70 mph Friday. * Other Impacts...Blowing dust and reduced visibilities are possible, especially across areas that do not receive a wetting rain tonight. 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. && $$ COZ090-KSZ001-002-NEZ079-160600- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0003.180316T1500Z-180317T0100Z/ Yuma County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Dundy- Including the cities of Yuma, Wray, St. Francis, Bird City, Atwood, and Benkelman 853 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /953 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... * Peak Winds...60 to perhaps 70 mph. * Timing/Duration...Mid morning through the afternoon Thursday. * Other Impacts...Blowing dust and reduced visibilities are possible, especially across areas that do not receive a wetting rain tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means strong winds are either occurring or imminent which could lead to property damage...reduced visibility in blowing dust...and loss of vehicle control. A High Wind Warning is issued for sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more. && $$
1 follow-up statement
921 WWUS73 KGLD 160526 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 1126 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 COZ091-092-KSZ013>015-027>029-041-042-161330- /O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180316T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0003.180316T1500Z-180317T0100Z/ Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Wallace- Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita- Including the cities of Burlington, Arapahoe, Cheyenne Wells, Goodland, Colby, Hoxie, Sharon Springs, Oakley, Quinter, Grinnell, Grainfield, Tribune, and Leoti 1126 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /1226 AM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Goodland has cancelled the High Wind Warning for tonight. * Peak Winds...Up to 70 mph on Friday. * Timing/Duration...Mid morning through the afternoon Friday. * Other Impacts...Blowing dust and reduced visibilities are possible, especially across areas that do not receive a wetting rain tonight. 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. && $$ COZ090-KSZ001-002-NEZ079-161330- /O.CON.KGLD.HW.W.0003.180316T1500Z-180317T0100Z/ Yuma County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Dundy- Including the cities of Yuma, Wray, St. Francis, Bird City, Atwood, and Benkelman 1126 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /1226 AM CDT Fri Mar 16 2018/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... * Peak Winds...60 to perhaps 70 mph. * Timing/Duration...Mid morning through the afternoon Friday. * Other Impacts...Blowing dust and reduced visibilities are possible, especially across areas that do not receive a wetting rain tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means strong winds are either occurring or imminent which could lead to property damage...reduced visibility in blowing dust...and loss of vehicle control. A High Wind Warning is issued for sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more. && $$
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.