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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 24, 2021, 7:15 PM CST for 7 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 25, 2021, 1:07 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2021, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2021, 1:07 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2021, 3:05 AM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 24, 4:50 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 4:50 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 12:06 PM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1106 AM MST Sun Jan 24 2021 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251815- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 1106 AM MST Sun Jan 24 2021 /1206 PM CST Sun Jan 24 2021/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A Winter Weather Advisory begins tonight for those along and east of the Colorado border. Light snowfall is expected to move up from the south tonight with amounts ranging from a few tenths of an inch to two inches. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for those along and east of the Colorado border through Tuesday night. Light to moderate snowfall is expected Monday, with most of the snow occurring during the morning. There will be a lull Monday night before the next round of snow moves in from the southwest late Monday night and Tuesday morning. The second round of snow will increase in coverage Tuesday, with the best chance occurring during the afternoon. Snow will end Tuesday night. Additional snowfall of two to seven inches are expected Monday through Tuesday night. Motorists should be prepared for difficult driving conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. However snowfall and visibility reports are appreciated tonight through Tuesday night. JTL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 18 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 9 hr |
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.