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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this dust storm warning at Jan 15, 2021, 9:49 AM MST for Greeley County, Wallace County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2021, 9:49 AM MST (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2021, 12:45 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 12:41 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 S Tribune, 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 (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 119 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 741 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
647
WWUS53 KGLD 151651
DSWGLD
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
949 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
KSC071-199-203-151945-
/O.NEW.KGLD.DS.W.0002.210115T1649Z-210115T1945Z/
Wichita KS-Wallace KS-Greeley KS-
949 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Wichita County in west central Kansas...
Wallace County in west central Kansas...
Greeley County in west central Kansas...
* Until 1245 PM MST/145 PM CST/.
* At 949 AM MST/1049 AM CST/, several bands of blowing dust were
moving through the counties, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Near zero visibility with damaging wind in excess of 60
mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
Leoti, Sharon Springs, Tribune, Weskan, Horace, Wallace, Selkirk
and Highway 40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10205 3913 10148 3870 10148 3870 10113
3827 10113 3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 331DEG 32KT 3871 10173
$$
AW1 follow-up statement
861
WWUS53 KGLD 151731
DSWGLD
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1029 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
KSC071-199-203-151945-
/O.CON.KGLD.DS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210115T1945Z/
Wichita KS-Wallace KS-Greeley KS-
1029 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM MST/145 PM
CST/ FOR WICHITA...WALLACE AND GREELEY COUNTIES...
At 1029 AM MST/1129 AM CST/, several bands of blowing dust continue
to impact the area, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Near zero visibility with damaging wind in excess of 60
mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
Leoti, Sharon Springs, Tribune, Weskan, Horace, Wallace, Selkirk
and Highway 40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, then pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10205 3913 10148 3870 10148 3870 10113
3827 10113 3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 331DEG 32KT 3840 10151
$$
AWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 12:33 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 117 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.