Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2007, 3:42 PM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2007, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 5:38 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KICT 242142 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 342 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091>093-250545- /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 342 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT INTO KANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DRAMITICALLY THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BETWEEN 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KSZ053-070>072-094>096-098>100-250545- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0007.070225T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ CHASE-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 342 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DRAMITICALLY THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KETCHAM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 250407 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1007 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091>093-251200- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1007 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ KSZ053-070>072-094>096-098>100-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ CHASE-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1007 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TOWARD DAYBREAK. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JMC
000 WWUS73 KICT 250928 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 328 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 328 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS SHOULD THEN DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATER THIS MORNING. 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. $$ KED
000 WWUS73 KICT 251138 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 538 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251245- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 538 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 3:30 AM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:36 AM CST | High Wind Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 2:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 36 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.