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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS

November 12, 202113 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 12, 2021, 11:50 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 12, 2021, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 12, 2021, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 12, 2021, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Nov 12, 2021, 1:34 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

Counties 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

825 
WWUS73 KGLD 121750
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1050 AM MST Fri Nov 12 2021

KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-130000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.HW.W.0007.211112T1900Z-211113T0000Z/
Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-
Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of 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, and McCook
1050 AM MST Fri Nov 12 2021 /1150 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021/

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

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and 
  southwest Nebraska.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

557 
WWUS73 KGLD 121934
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1234 PM MST Fri Nov 12 2021

KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-122045-
/O.CAN.KGLD.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211113T0000Z/
Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-
Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of 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, and McCook
1234 PM MST Fri Nov 12 2021 /134 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Wind speeds have diminished across the Warning area below
criteria, prompting cancellation.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 12, 3:17 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more	15 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2021 High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2021 Every high wind warning in 2021

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.