Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2009, 3:43 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2009, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2009, 7:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 142043 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 343 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2009 KSZ032-047-151000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.090415T1600Z-090416T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 343 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. 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. && $$ LAWSON
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 150818 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 318 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 KSZ032-047-151630- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.090415T1600Z-090416T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 318 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JMC
000 WWUS73 KICT 151605 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1105 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 KSZ032-047-160015- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090416T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 1105 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE IS STRENGTHENING OVER EASTERN COLORADO AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. THIS WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
000 WWUS73 KICT 152152 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 452 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 KSZ032-047-160200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090416T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 452 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE IS STRENGTHENING OVER EASTERN COLORADO AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. THIS WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KICT 160051 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 751 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 KSZ032-047-160200- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-090416T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 751 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE SLACKENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LAWSON
Nearby
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.