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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2009, 3:25 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2009, 11:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2009, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2009, 11:13 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2009, 3:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 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 20:26 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KICT 222025 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-230430- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090323T0100Z/ 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 325 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ON MONDAY...SOUTH WINDS MAY BE EVEN STRONGER. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS THAT MAY REACH 50 MPH...ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-230430- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 325 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH GUSTS THAT MAY REACH 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 400. && $$ ES
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 230104 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 804 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-230215- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090323T0100Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0000Z/ 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 804 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HOWEVER ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH MAY LINGER IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY SUNRISE MONDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH DURING THE DAY. MINOR WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY FROM THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-230215- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 804 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH GUSTS THAT MAY REACH 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 400. && $$
000 WWUS73 KICT 230148 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 848 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-231015- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0000Z/ 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 848 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. && $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 230413 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1113 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>071-082-083-091>093-231215- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T0413Z-090324T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1113 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. && $$ KSZ072-094>096-098>100-231215- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0000Z/ ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE... ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1113 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 230839 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>071-082-083-091>093-231645- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 339 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE DURING THE DAY TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. && $$ KSZ072-094>096-098>100-231645- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0011.090323T1300Z-090324T0100Z/ ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE... ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 339 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS73 KICT 231532 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1032 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067-240100- /O.UPG.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0003.090323T1532Z-090324T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON 1032 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...AS WELL AS SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ 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. && $$ ADK
000 WWUS73 KICT 231806 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ068-069-082-083-091>093-240100- /O.UPG.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090324T0100Z/ HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 106 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...AS WELL AS SPORADIC PROPERTY DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ 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
000 WWUS73 KICT 240355 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1055 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>051-240500- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T0500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 1055 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ052-053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241200- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1055 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. && $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 240822 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 322 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 KSZ052-053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-240930- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 322 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AREA. $$
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 Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 319 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON MON ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THEN ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP FOR THU/FRI. TONIGHT: WEAK PV-ANOMALY ACROSS NRN NM LOOKS TO LIFT NORTH INTO SW KS THIS EVENING. THIS MID LEVEL SUPPORT AND ISENTROPIC LIFT JUST AHEAD OF IT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN KS INTO CENTRAL KS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. SO WILL GO WITH A SOLID CHANCE POP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. COULD ACTUALLY SEE STORMS BECOME MORE INTENSE AROUND MIDNIGHT...AS GFS/NAM BOTH SHOW MUCAPES (500-800 J/KG) AND 0-6KM SHEAR (40-50 KTS ) INCREASING AROUND THIS TIME FRAME. SO COULD SEE SOME STRONG STORMS OVERNIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH SMALL HAIL BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. ALSO EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. COULD SEE WINDS FLIRT WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. SO WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY AND RED FLAG WARNING GOING UNTIL 01Z/MON. COULD POSSIBLY SEE THIS EXTENDED INTO THE OVERNIGHT BUT THINK MIXING WILL BE A LITTLE LESS OVERNIGHT. MON-MON NIGHT: EXPECT SOME REMNANT SHRA/TSRA TO BE AROUND DURING THE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS IN NORTHEAST KS. SO EXPECT SOME MORNING CLOUDINESS BEFORE FOCUS SHIFTS TO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS TIGHT GRADIENT AGAIN EXISTS ACROSS THE AREA AS THE VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONT RANGE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NEBRASKA. SO ANOTHER WINDY DAY ACROSS THE AREA...SO HAVE HOISTED ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WHOLE AREA THIS TIME. WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN PLACE FOR NOW...AS LOCATION OF SHRA/TSRA OVERNIGHT WILL PLAY A PART IN WHETHER GROUND WILL BE DRY ENOUGH FOR A RED FLAG WARNING. WITH STRONG WINDS IN PLACE....AREA WITH LITTLE RAINFALL MAY HAVE TO HAVE A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR MON AS WELL. TRAILING DRYLINE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...PUSHES TO AROUND INTERSTATE 135 BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS WEAK CAPPING INVERSION DIMINISHES. MON AFTERNOON/EVENING STILL LOOKS LIKE A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT AS UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK HELPS DESTABILIZE THINGS ACROSS THE AREA. ONLY EXPECT SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID-UPPER 50S...SO STILL LOOK LIKES A MARGINAL INSTABILITY (CAPES OF 750-1500 J/KG) HIGH SHEAR SETUP WITH 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OR 55-70 KTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS. AS COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE DRY LINE NEAR INTERSTATE 35 AROUND 00Z/TUE...0-1KM SHEAR ALSO LOOKS TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KTS...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ACROSS SOUTHERN KS. SO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE...BUT ALSO CANNOT RULE OUT A TORNADO THREAT ACROSS SOUTHERN KS CLOSER TO THE KS/OK BORDER WHERE BACKING LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE THE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR. CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION INTO A SQUALL LINE OR LINEAR MCS OVERNIGHT MONDAY AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR BECOMES MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL AS COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO EASTERN KS BY EARLY ON TUE. TUE-WED: COULD SEE SOME LINGERING CONVECTION INTO SOUTHEAST KS EARLY ON TUE...OTHERWISE EXPECT THE UPPER LOW FOR MON TO LIFT TO THE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN CANADA FOR TUE/WED...WITH ANOTHER IMPULSE SLATED TO DIVE SOUTH OUT OF THE PACIFIC NW INTO THE ROCKIES FOR WED. MOST OF THE PLAINS STATES WILL STAY IN THE BASE OF THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH WEAK RIDGING AHEAD OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SYSTEM. SO TEMPS BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR TUE INTO WED AND PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. THU-SAT: VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...AS STRONG IMPULSE IN THE ROCKIES DIVES SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY IN HOW THIS TIME FRAME WILL PLAY OUT...BUT MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE ROCKIES PV ANOMALY LEADING TO CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE OK/TX PANHANDLE THU NIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES DRAMATICALLY ON THU INTO THU NIGHT. SO HAD TO MAKE SOME WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THE POPS FOR THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI...AS MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT A PRECIP CHANCE FOR MOST OF KS AS THIS LOW DEEPENS ACROSS OK. COLD AIR GETS PULLED INTO THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY COLDER TEMPS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KS ON FRI. HAVE DROPPED MAX TEMPS IN MOST LOCATIONS FOR FRI AS BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW TEMPS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA ON FRI...ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM. AS COLD AIR PULLS INTO THE AREA...ALSO SOME CONCERN ABOUT A POSSIBLE MIX OF RAIN/SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KS LATE THU INTO FRI. LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY ON HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT...BUT AT LEAST WORTH OF MENTION OF SNOW AT THIS TIME. KETCHAM .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU LITTLE DOUBT IMMEDIATE PRIMARY CONCERN IS SUSTAINED SLY WINDS THAT WILL REACH 25-30KTS OVER CNTRL & SC KS THIS AFTERNOON. AS DISCUSSED IN SHORT TERM THE EXTENSIVE CIRROSTRATUS MAY INHIBIT MIXING TO SOME DEGREE...BUT THE SLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG NONE-THE-LESS. AS ALSO STATED IN SHORT TERM THE EXTENSIVE UPPER DECK CLOUD COVER MAY INHIBIT INSTABILITY AS WELL...BUT WITH THE AFORE-MENTIONED UPR DECK DISTURBANCE EJECTING E OVER THE WRN PLAINS A FEW TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP TOWARD 23/00Z OVER KRSL & KHUT. WILL THEREFORE ASSIGN VCTS TO BOTH TERMINALS EFFECTIVE THAT TIME. TSRA CHANCES WOULD CERTAINLY INCREASE TONIGHT AS THE INTENSIFYING UPR-DECK LOW SURGES E OVER CO. A FEW OF THE TSRA MAY GET QUITE STRONG WITH GUSTS THAT MAY REACH 40 TO 45 KTS AND SMALL HAIL. PLANNING AHEAD: MON & MON NIGHT WILL BE VERY ACTIVE IN ALL RESPECTS WITH TSRA LIKELY TO ACHIEVE SEVERITY AS THE INTENSIFYING UPR LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. SLY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE EVEN STRONGER THAN THIS AFTERNOON WITH 35KTS SUSTAINED OVER ALL 5 TERMINALS. STAY TUNED. ES && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 60 74 44 60 / 40 60 60 10 HUTCHINSON 60 76 44 59 / 40 60 50 10 NEWTON 60 74 45 59 / 40 60 60 10 ELDORADO 60 74 46 60 / 40 50 70 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 60 74 47 62 / 40 60 70 10 RUSSELL 58 75 38 53 / 40 60 20 10 GREAT BEND 58 75 39 55 / 40 60 20 10 SALINA 60 74 43 55 / 40 60 50 10 MCPHERSON 60 75 44 57 / 40 60 50 10 COFFEYVILLE 58 73 49 64 / 50 40 80 40 CHANUTE 57 73 49 61 / 50 40 80 30 IOLA 57 72 49 60 / 50 40 80 30 PARSONS-KPPF 57 73 50 63 / 50 40 80 40 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR KSZ032-033- 047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033- 047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047>051- 067-068-082-083-091-092. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 4:21 AM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 421 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-230930- 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- 421 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. PLEASE REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY AND RED FLAG WARNING STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AREAWIDE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE QUARTER SIZE HAIL...60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO. VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE ON MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:27 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more | 17 hr |
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