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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Wichita, KS

November 12, 200514 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2005, 4:25 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 12, 2005, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2005, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2005, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2005, 3:34 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2005-11-12Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2005-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KICT 121025
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
425 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND PART OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE COLORADO KANSAS
BORDER ACROSS NEBRASKA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY
WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-083-121830-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0005.051112T1500Z-051112T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...
EUREKA...WICHITA
425 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AROUND 9 AM WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. AROUND 12 NOON, THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE WEST AT SIMILAR SPEEDS. THESE VELOCITIES WILL BE MAINTAINED
UNTIL AROUND 5 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND
OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

ES
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KICT 121715
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1115 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE COLORADO KANSAS
BORDER ACROSS NEBRASKA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ050>053-067>070-083-121815-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051112T2300Z/
RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...
EUREKA...WICHITA
1115 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

KSZ032-033-047>049-122300-
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051112T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA
1115 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE MAINTAINED
UNTIL AROUND 5 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND
OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
COX
000 
WWUS73 KICT 122134
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
333 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005


KSZ032-033-047>049-122245-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051112T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA
333 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS, THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

JAKUB

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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.