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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Wichita, KS

May 5, 200714 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton54 min
May 4, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell40 min
May 4, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln27 min
May 4, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell31 min
May 5, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice55 min
May 5, 12:38 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton37 min
May 5, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell53 min
May 5, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice33 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice56 min
May 5, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice42 min
May 5, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline64 min
May 5, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline55 min
May 5, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell52 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Reno, Rice29 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice44 min
May 5, 6:33 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyICTBarton42 min
May 5, 6:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBarton9 hr

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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.