Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2007, 3:59 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 5, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2007, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 7:00 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, Marion 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KICT 050859 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 359 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-051700- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0015.070505T1700Z-070506T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 359 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. $$ JMC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 051655 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1155 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-060000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0015.070505T1700Z-070506T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1155 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS73 KICT 060001 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 701 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-060115- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070506T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 701 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING...AND WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ SCHRECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 54 min |
| May 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 40 min |
| May 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 55 min |
| May 5, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 37 min |
| May 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 53 min |
| May 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 56 min |
| May 5, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 42 min |
| May 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 64 min |
| May 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 55 min |
| May 5, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Reno, Rice | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 9 hr |
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.