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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Wichita, KS

March 27, 200610 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2006, 3:46 AM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2006, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2006, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 27, 2006, 3:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth 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

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-03-27Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 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 270946
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
346 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT PRIMARILY CENTRAL KANSAS
TODAY...

KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-271800-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0013.060327T1500Z-060327T2100Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...
NEWTON
346 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 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 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS
WILL BE SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS REACHING 40
MPH...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 50. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY
ACTUALLY OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD
SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON.

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

$$

ADK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KICT 271633
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1033 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...

KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-272100-
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060327T2100Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...
NEWTON
1033 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS REACHING INTO A 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE...ESPECIALLY
NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 50. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON.

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

$$
000 
WWUS73 KICT 272058
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
258 PM CST MON MAR 27 2006

KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-272200-
/O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060327T2100Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...
NEWTON
258 PM CST MON MAR 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT PRODUCED THE VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON HAS SLID TO THE EAST INTO MISSOURI.
THIS HAS ALLOWED THE WIND SPEEDS TO SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. YOU CAN EXPECT THE WINDS TO CONTINUE DECREASING AS THE
EVENING HOURS APPROACH. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE 
AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

CHANCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.