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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Goodland, KS

February 8, 2021Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 8, 2021, 2:52 PM CST for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 9, 2021, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2021, 2:52 PM CST (20:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 9, 2021, 6:25 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-02-08Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

435 
WWUS43 KGLD 082052
WSWGLD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
152 PM MST Mon Feb 8 2021

KSZ002-003-NEZ079>081-090600-
/O.NEW.KGLD.WC.Y.0002.210209T0600Z-210209T1600Z/
Rawlins-Decatur-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of Atwood, Oberlin, Benkelman, Culbertson, 
Trenton, Stratton Ne, Palisade, and McCook
152 PM MST Mon Feb 8 2021 /252 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT CST/
THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 
  20 below zero.

* WHERE...In Kansas, Rawlins and Decatur Counties. In Nebraska, 
  Dundy, Hitchcock and Red Willow Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 PM MST /midnight CST/ this evening to 9 AM MST 
  /10 AM CST/ Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on 
  exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves. 

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
816 
WWUS43 KGLD 090201
WSWGLD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
701 PM MST Mon Feb 8 2021


KSZ002-003-NEZ079>081-091215-
/O.CON.KGLD.WC.Y.0002.210209T0600Z-210209T1600Z/
Rawlins-Decatur-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of Atwood, Oberlin, Benkelman, Culbertson, 
Trenton, Stratton Ne, Palisade, and McCook
701 PM MST Mon Feb 8 2021 /801 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 
  20 below zero.

* WHERE...In Kansas, Rawlins and Decatur Counties. In Nebraska, 
  Red Willow, Hitchcock and Dundy Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 PM MST /midnight CST/ this evening to 9 AM MST 
  /10 AM CST/ Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on 
  exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves. 

&&

$$
586 
WWUS43 KGLD 091225
WSWGLD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
525 AM MST Tue Feb 9 2021

KSZ002-003-NEZ079>081-091330-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210209T1600Z/
Rawlins-Decatur-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
Including the cities of Atwood, Oberlin, Benkelman, Culbertson, 
Trenton, Stratton Ne, Palisade, and McCook
525 AM MST Tue Feb 9 2021 /625 AM CST Tue Feb 9 2021/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.Wind chills have remained above advisory criteria, therefore
advisory has been cancelled. However, wind chills around 0 are 
expected for the remainder of the day.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 9:10 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLDGreeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita13 hr

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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.