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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind warning at Mar 23, 2009, 10:32 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2009, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 6:55 PM CDT
- 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 15:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:24 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Mar 23, 11:53 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Salina, KS | |
| Mar 23, 11:53 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Russell, KS | |
| Mar 23, 12:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Salina, KS | |
| Mar 23, 12:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Salina, KS | SEVERAL SEMI TRAILERS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER ON I 70. THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF SALINA SEVERAL POWER POLES AND LINES ARE DOWN ESPECIALLY NEAR SCHILLING ROAD WHICH IS CLOSED. |
| Mar 23, 12:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | |
| Mar 23, 12:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Benton, KS | |
| Mar 23, 12:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Mar 23, 12:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Mar 23, 12:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hutchinson, KS | STRONG WINDS INFLICTED SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO THE WILEY BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN HUTCHINSON. MAIN STREET IS BLOCKED OFF BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Mar 23, 12:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Chase, KS | CHASE HIGH SCHOOL FROM KSN WEATHER LAB |
| Mar 23, 12:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Russell, KS | |
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Great Bend, KS | |
| Mar 23, 1:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Mar 23, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 10 S Lincoln, KS | SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I70 |
| Mar 23, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 15 S Lincoln, KS | SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I70 |
| Mar 23, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 18 S Lincoln, KS | SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I70 |
| Mar 23, 1:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | |
| Mar 23, 1:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Hesston, KS | |
| Mar 23, 1:50 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Salina Airport, KS | |
| Mar 23, 1:56 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Great Bend, KS | MINOR SHINGLE AND TRIM DAMAGE. |
| Mar 23, 2:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Russell, KS | |
| Mar 23, 2:07 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Hutchinson Airport, KS | |
| Mar 23, 2:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 E Sylvia, KS | ROOF AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF |
| Mar 23, 2:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Salina Airport, KS | |
| Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Marion, KS | A FEW POWER POLES DOWN IN PEABODY...ANOTHER ONE DOWN NEAR HILLSBORO. ADDITIONALLY...A SEMI TRUCK WAS BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 56 JUST OUTSIDE OF MARION. |
| Mar 23, 3:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Mar 23, 3:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Salina, KS | |
| Mar 23, 3:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Yoder, KS | KSN REPORTS 2 SEMIS BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN YODER ROAD AND K-96. |
| Mar 23, 3:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Russell, KS | POWER OUTAGES FROM THE GRADIENT WIND. |
| Mar 23, 3:30 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | 2 Se Bunker Hill, KS | GRASS FIRE SPREADING RAPIDLY DUE TO WIND. |
| Mar 23, 3:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Goessel, KS | MEASURED BY KSN WEATHERLAB EQUIPMENT AT GOESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Mar 23, 3:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Russell Airport, KS | |
| Mar 23, 3:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Great Bend, KS | SEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Mar 23, 3:43 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | Great Bend, KS | SEVERAL FIRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MOST OF THESE ARE BEING CAUSED BY THE WIND BLOWING POWER LINES DOWN OR CAUSING THEM TO ARC. |
| Mar 23, 3:47 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln, KS | SEMI BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 229 EASTBOUND. |
| Mar 23, 3:48 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Russell, KS | |
| Mar 23, 3:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Salina, KS | SEMI ROLLOVERS AT MILE MARKERS 241, 261, AND 251 ON INTERESTATE 70. |
| Mar 23, 3:52 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | Salina, KS | GRASS FIRE 2800 WEST SEMULLA. |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lyons, KS | SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | Chase, KS | |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | Lyons, KS | 5 FIRES IN THE0 COUNTY. ONE A THE COUNTY LANDFILL. ANOTHER IN CHASE WHERE TREES AND POSSIBLE OIL TANKS ARE INVOLVED. |
| Mar 23, 4:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Salina, KS | |
| Mar 23, 4:03 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Arlington, KS | 6 POWER POLLS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 23, 4:03 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | Arlington, KS | SEVERAL FIRES FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. THEY WERE CONTAINED. |
| Mar 23, 4:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | West Wichita, KS | TWO INCH DIAMTER TREE LIMBS DOWN JUST NORTHWEST OF THE MAPLE AND WEST INTERSECTION. |
| Mar 23, 4:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 8 E South Haven, KS | |
| Mar 23, 4:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 12 E South Haven, KS | |
| Mar 23, 4:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Geuda Springs, KS | |
| Mar 23, 5:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Geuda Springs, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF GEUDA SPRINGS. COURTESY KAKE TV STORM CHASER. |
| Mar 23, 5:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Geuda Springs, KS | TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE ARK RIVER |
| Mar 23, 5:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Geuda Springs, KS | |
| Mar 23, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Se Strother Field Air, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN |
| Mar 23, 5:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Winfield, KS | |
| Mar 23, 5:30 PM CDT | FLOOD | Winfield, KS | LOCALIZED CURB DEEP STREET FLOODING ACROSS WINFIELD. COURTESY KFDI RADIO. |
| Mar 23, 5:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Winfield, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
| Mar 23, 5:38 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 S Burden, KS | ROTATING WALL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNNEL |
| Mar 23, 5:59 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nw Gypsum, KS | |
| Mar 23, 5:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Ssw Gypsum, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 606 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 231532 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1032 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067-240100- /O.UPG.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0003.090323T1532Z-090324T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON 1032 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...AS WELL AS SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ KSZ068>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-240100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1032 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. && $$ ADK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 231806 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ068-069-082-083-091>093-240100- /O.UPG.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...AS WELL AS SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>053-067-240100- /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST- CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...AS WELL AS SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-240100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ 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 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. && $$ KRC
000 WWUS73 KICT 231814 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 114 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-240100- /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 114 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...AS WELL AS SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-240100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ 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 114 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. && $$ ADK
000 WWUS73 KICT 232355 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 655 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-240500- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 655 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WOULD BE THE AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WINDS MAY DIMINISH BRIEFLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT...BUT WILL INCREASE BEHIND IT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-240500- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0500Z/ 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 655 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. && $$ HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 17 min |
| Mar 23, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 38 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.