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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS

May 10, 20108 counties in Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 677 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman40 min
May 10, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner66 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno19 min
May 10, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman66 min
May 10, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley, Sumner33 min
May 10, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman32 min
May 10, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick26 min
May 10, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley48 min
May 10, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick40 min
May 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno20 min
May 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell15 min
May 10, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice11 min
May 10, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler31 min
May 10, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk23 min
May 10, 5:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick3 hr
May 10, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler37 min
May 10, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner40 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline30 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice49 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley23 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley28 min
May 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood52 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood99 min
May 10, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua56 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua40 min
May 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson62 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery49 min

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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.