Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2008, 3:51 PM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 28, 2008, 3:52 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2008, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2008, 3:52 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2008, 5:58 PM CST
- In force
- 14 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 21:55 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 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 272151 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 351 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE LEE OF THE ROCKIE WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL HELP CREATE STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280600- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.080128T1200Z-080129T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 351 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH EARLY ON MONDAY...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH BY NOONTIME. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL PRIMARILY BE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. 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. $$ KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 280344 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 944 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL HELP CREATE STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-281145- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.080128T1200Z-080129T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 944 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ COX
000 WWUS73 KICT 280952 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 352 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-282000- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0003.080128T1200Z-080129T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 352 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. 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. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-282000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.080128T1200Z-080129T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 352 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 50 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JAKUB
000 WWUS73 KICT 281649 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1049 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080129T0000Z/ 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 1049 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE 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. $$ KED
000 WWUS73 KICT 282358 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 558 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-290100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080129T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 558 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 10:30 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 12 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.