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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS

January 16, 20068 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2006, 3:38 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2006, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2006, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2006, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2006, 4:11 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2006-01-16Temperature 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 2006-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 160938
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 AM CST MON JAN 16 2006

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-161745-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0002.060116T1400Z-060117T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER
338 AM CST MON JAN 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
GUSTS MAY REACH 40 OR 45 MPH.

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 161643
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1043 AM CST MON JAN 16 2006

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-170000-
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060117T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER
1043 AM CST MON JAN 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 TO 45 MPH.

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.

$$

KETCHAM
000 
WWUS73 KICT 162211
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
411 PM CST MON JAN 16 2006

...WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS COLD AIR FILTERS
IN. THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING CANCELLED.

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-162315-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060117T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER
411 PM CST MON JAN 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE
DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE.

$$

CDB

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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.