Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2008, 1:09 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2008, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 3:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KICT 011809 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 109 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-020000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.080501T1809Z-080502T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 109 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE FLINT HILLS WHERE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ COX
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KICT 012033 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 333 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-012145- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080502T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 333 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE SLACKENED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 49 min |
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 39 min |
| May 1, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 51 min |
| May 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 30 min |
| May 1, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 52 min |
| May 1, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 48 min |
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.