Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2010, 6:10 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 111 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2010, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2010, 8:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 677 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 749 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686 WWUS73 KICT 102310 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 610 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING... KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-110300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.100510T2310Z-100511T0300Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 610 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM OR SO. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS COULD APPROACH 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...PERSONS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILED VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ COX
1 follow-up statement
548 WWUS73 KICT 110101 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 801 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-110215- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-100511T0300Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 801 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. $$ COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 66 min |
| May 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 19 min |
| May 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 66 min |
| May 10, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 26 min |
| May 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 40 min |
| May 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 20 min |
| May 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 15 min |
| May 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 11 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 61 min |
| May 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 30 min |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice | 49 min |
| May 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 23 min |
| May 10, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 28 min |
| May 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 52 min |
| May 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 99 min |
| May 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 56 min |
| May 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 62 min |
| May 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 49 min |
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.