Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2008, 3:22 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2008, 3:22 AM CST (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper 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, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 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 250922 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 322 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO WHIP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS FROM AROUND MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-251730- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0007.080225T1700Z-080226T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 322 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS MORNING... THEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CROSSES THE STATE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE GREATLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY 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...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70. $$ ES
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 251645 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1045 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO WHIP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH- CENTRAL KANSAS FROM AROUND MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-260045- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0007.080225T1700Z-080226T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 1045 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...THE NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70. $$ COX
000 WWUS73 KICT 252134 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 334 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO WHIP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH- CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-260100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080226T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 334 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...THE NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING TO 10 TO 20 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...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70. $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS73 KICT 260100 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-260200- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080226T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 700 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SPEEDS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. $$ JMC
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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.