Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2009, 3:39 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2009, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2009, 5:34 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 21:36 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, 9.7 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
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 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 202139 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-211000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0009.090221T0000Z-090221T1200Z/ 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 339 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARDS DAYBREAK. 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. $$ COX
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KICT 210357 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 957 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...NORTH WINDS WILL HOWL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-211200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090221T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 957 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. NASTY NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH... WILL HOWL ACROSS CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70. USE EXTRA CAUTION $$ ES
000 WWUS73 KICT 210938 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 KSZ032-033-047>050-211045- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090221T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS 338 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ KSZ051>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-211200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090221T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 338 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEASE 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS73 KICT 211134 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 KSZ051>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-211245- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090221T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 534 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS HAVE BEEN ON THE DECREASE OVER THE LAST HOUR AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LAWSON
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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.