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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Wichita, KS

March 1, 200714 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2007, 10:26 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2007, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 2:29 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth 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

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -136 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 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 011626
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1026 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007


KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-012100-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0008.070301T1626Z-070301T2100Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...
KINGMAN...WICHITA
1026 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KICT 012029
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
229 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007


KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-012130-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070301T2100Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...
KINGMAN...WICHITA
229 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS THE REGION...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

CJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson34 min
Feb 28, 6:26 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWoodson19 min
Feb 28, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningICTAllen, Woodson25 min
Feb 28, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase43 min
Feb 28, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion20 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.