Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2007, 3:25 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2007, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2007, 7:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KICT 210825 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-211630- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0013.070421T1700Z-070422T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 325 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SOUTH WIND WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF LINCOLN TO HUTCHINSON LINE. THE WIND SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO SPEEDS TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER SUNSET. 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 ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ COX
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 211612 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1112 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-220100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0013.070421T1700Z-070422T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1112 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF LINCOLN TO HUTCHINSON LINE. THE WIND SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO SPEEDS TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ LAWSON
000 WWUS73 KICT 220029 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 729 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED A BIT THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-220130- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070422T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 729 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 30 T0 40 MPH HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WHICH IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KED
Nearby
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.