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Wind Advisory 48, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 12, 2008, 3:30 PM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2008, 2:31 PM CST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 24 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, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 122130 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 330 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 KSZ047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-130530- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0048.081213T1500Z-081214T0300Z/ 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...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 330 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING TO AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135 MAY HAVE SOME GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS SATURDAY. 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. $$ LAWSON
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 130037 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 637 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 KSZ047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-131100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.081213T1500Z-081214T0300Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 637 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING TO AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 135 MAY HAVE SOME GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON REACH 55 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RBL/ADK
000 WWUS73 KICT 131021 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 421 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-132130- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0048.081213T1300Z-081214T0600Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 421 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG WELL INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO THE ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON LATER FORECASTS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. $$ KSZ047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-132130- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0048.081213T1300Z-081214T0300Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 421 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO KINGMAN. WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG INTO THE EVENING. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 131630 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-140030- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG WELL INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO THE ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON LATER FORECASTS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. $$ KSZ047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-140030- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KED/HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 131815 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1215 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 KSZ072-093>096-098>100-140215- /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0005.081213T1815Z-081214T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1215 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH...WILL PREVAIL UNTIL ABOUT 6 PM THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...ARE THEN EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG WELL INTO THE LATE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO THE ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON LATER FORECASTS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. 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. $$ KSZ047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-140215- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1215 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ053-069>071-140215- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER 1215 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG WELL INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO THE ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON LATER FORECASTS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. $$ KED
000 WWUS73 KICT 132230 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 430 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 KSZ072-093>096-098>100-140630- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081214T0000Z/ ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 430 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH...WILL PREVAIL UNTIL ABOUT 6 PM THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...ARE THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. BEHIND THIS FRONT...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER WITH NORTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KSZ047>051-140630- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1500Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON 430 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE AREA AFTER DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. 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. $$ KSZ067-068-082-083-091-092-140630- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 430 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ032-033-140630- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1500Z-081215T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 430 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PLOW THROUGH THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH... IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER WITH THE WIND TURNING TO THE NORTH. THE WIND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 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. $$ KSZ052-053-069>071-140630- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER 430 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PLOW THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ COX
000 WWUS73 KICT 132347 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 547 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 KSZ072-093>096-098>100-140800- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081214T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 547 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. WINDS REACHING THE HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA HAVE DIMINISHED...HOWEVER...VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. BEHIND THIS FRONT...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER WITH NORTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. 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. $$ KSZ047>051-140800- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1500Z-081215T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON 547 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE AREA AFTER DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ067-068-082-083-091-092-140800- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 547 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION 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. $$ KSZ052-053-069>071-140800- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER 547 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PLOW THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ032-033-140800- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1500Z-081215T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 547 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PLOW THROUGH THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH... IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER WITH THE WIND TURNING TO THE NORTH. THE WIND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 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. $$ BILLINGS
000 WWUS73 KICT 140117 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 717 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 KSZ047>051-140930- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1500Z-081215T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON 717 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 TO 35 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLOW THROUGH THE AREA AFTER DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ067-068-082-083-091-092-140930- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081214T0300Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 717 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 TO 35 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLOW THROUGH THE AREA AFTER DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND THE WIND WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION 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. $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-140930- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 717 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. BEHIND THIS FRONT... IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER WITH NORTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ032-033-140930- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1500Z-081215T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 717 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PLOW THROUGH THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH... IT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER WITH THE WIND TURNING TO THE NORTH. THE WIND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 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. $$ BILLINGS
000 WWUS73 KICT 140921 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 321 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-142230- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0049.081214T1200Z-081215T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 321 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY PRIOR TO A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SHORTLY AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-142230- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 321 AM CST SUN DEC 14 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 WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH NEAR THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD REACH I-35 AROUND 10 AM AND EXIT SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY 5 PM. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. 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. $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 141758 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1158 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-150000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1158 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. BLUSTERY AND OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR OVERSPREADS THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-150000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 1158 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. BLUSTERY AND OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR OVERSPREADS 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. $$ KED
000 WWUS73 KICT 142031 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 231 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-142145- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 231 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN OCCASIONALLY GUSTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER SUSTAINED SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UNDER 45 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-142145- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 231 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN OCCASIONALLY GUSTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER SUSTAINED SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UNDER 45 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KED/COX
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Dec 12, 3:04 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:04 PM CST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 304 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE STRONG WINDS TOMORROW AND STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE SUN-SUN AFTERNOON. SYNOPSIS: STRONG UPPER WAVE IS CURRENTLY DIGGING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF ENERGY SLIDING EAST OVER SOUTHERN CA. AT THE SURFACE LEE TROUGHING HAS INTENSIFIED AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION. TONIGHT-SAT NIGHT: STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO DIG OVER THE NORTHWEST CONUS OVERNIGHT ALLOWING THE UPPER PATTERN TO FURTHER FLATTEN OUT. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW AND WARMER TEMPS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT MOST OF THE AREA WILL REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ON SAT BASED JUST ON TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. TO ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE MIXING TO AROUND 850MB WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE MIXING DOWN OF 55-60KTS WINDS. THEREFORE FEEL WERE LOOKING AT A HIGH END ADVISORY EVENT WITH SOME SPOTS POSSIBLY PUSHING LOW END WARNING CRITERIA. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME FIRE DANGER ISSUES WITH THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY. IF DEWPOINTS MIX OUT MORE THAN EXPECTED WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KS REACH THE LOW END EXTREME CATEGORY. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THESE STRONG WINDS WILL EXTEND AFTER DARK AND THUS RAN THE ADVISORY THROUGH 03Z SUN AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED OUT EVEN FURTHER. SUN-MON: CONFIDENCE IS STILL HIGH THAT AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL SLAM THROUGH THE AREA SUN-SUN AFTERNOON. IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE MODELS HAVE COME AROUND TO THE FASTER SOLUTION WITH THE FRONT NEAR ICT AROUND 18Z SUN AND THROUGH SE KS BY LATE SUN AFTERNOON. KEPT THE NON-DIURNAL TEMP TREND IN PLACE FOR SUN WITH CENTRAL AND MOST OF SC KS EXPERIENCING A MORNING HIGH ON SUN. AT THIS TIME NOT TOO IMPRESSED WITH PRECIP CHANCES AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH SUN INTO SUN NIGHT. FEEL THERE WILL BE SOME SATURATION AROUND THE 850MB LAYER AS THE COLD AIR SURGES IN...HOWEVER THE LOW LAYERS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY. THEREFORE AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH ON SUN AM NOT EXPECTING ANY MORE THAN JUST A FEW SPRINKLES/FLURRIES. WILL LEAVE PRECIP CHANCES IN FOR SUN NIGHT AS BOTH NAM AND GFS ARE SWINGING THROUGH SOME UPPER ENERGY BEHIND THE FRONT. WHILE WERE CONFIDENT WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT ANY TYPE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE EVENT...WITH SW FLOW ALOFT OVER DOME OF VERY COLD AIRMASS...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A NUISANCE EVENT FOR THE SUN NIGHT-MON MORNING TIME FRAME. TUE-FRI: THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE THROUGH THESE PERIODS WILL BE FOR VERY COLD TEMPS REMAINING IN PLACE FOR TUE. BEYOND THIS CONFIDENCE REALLY FALLS OFF AS THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. AT 12Z TUE THE GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH BRINGING SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS RESULTING IN SOME PRECIP. WE HAVE HAD PRECIP IN FOR TUE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND WILL LEAVE THIS IN. ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH SW FLOW ALOFT REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME WE WOULD STAY DRY. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW AT THIS POINT TO START INSERTING POPS WHEN THEY WOULD LIKELY BE READJUSTED OR TAKEN OUT WITH LATER FORECASTS. SO PAST THE TUE TIME FRAME WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW. LAWSON && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE EAST COAST DURING THIS TAF ISSUANCE. AS A RESULT...WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE WIND SPEEDS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ACROSS THE ENTIRE TAF THROUGH 18Z TOMORROW. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. WE WENT AHEAD AND INTRODUCED LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR INTO ALL OF THE TAF SITES AFTER 03Z WITH SPEEDS IN THE 1KM LAYER APPROACHING 50 TO 60 KTS. A VERY WINDY DAY IS IN STORE ON SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS GETTING CLOSE TO 25KTS BY 18Z. COX && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 37 60 50 55 / 10 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 36 61 45 45 / 10 10 10 10 NEWTON 36 59 48 52 / 10 10 10 10 ELDORADO 36 59 50 56 / 10 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 37 60 51 58 / 10 10 10 10 RUSSELL 34 60 33 34 / 10 10 10 20 GREAT BEND 36 61 38 39 / 10 10 10 20 SALINA 35 58 39 39 / 10 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 36 59 43 43 / 10 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 36 58 53 61 / 10 10 10 20 CHANUTE 34 57 51 60 / 10 10 10 20 IOLA 34 57 51 60 / 10 10 10 20 PARSONS-KPPF 36 58 52 60 / 10 10 10 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY FOR KSZ047>053- 067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 5:08 AM CST, 10 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 508 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-131115- 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- 508 AM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE ON SATURDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT BARRELS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY. THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FOR THE AREA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 400...WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. THEY WILL DROP BELOW ZERO ON BOTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT OVER A SMALL PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS. LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A SECOND ROUND IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... WITH A THIRD ROUND OVER MOST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THE VARIETY OF HAZARDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST...PLEASE CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP HOWERTON
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