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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Wichita, KS

May 25, 201113 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2011, 4:26 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2011, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -482 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

080 
WWUS73 KICT 250926
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
426 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO
SHIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-251730-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0010.110525T0926Z-110526T0000Z/
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
426 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...OF THE VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WILL INCREASE
  ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY INCREASE IN
  SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
  BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED
  SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH POSSIBLE BY THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS.
  ALSO...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT
  BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS.


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.

&&

$$

KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
368 
WWUS73 KICT 251659
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1159 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011


KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-260000-
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/
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
1159 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...


A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
  SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
  DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED
  SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-
   PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE 
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED 
  ROADS. ALSO...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY 
  ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. 

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.

&&

$$
938 
WWUS73 KICT 260017
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
717 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...

KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-260130-
/O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/
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
717 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
KANSAS AS NORTH WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25
MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING.

$$

ES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell30 min
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk58 min
May 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Reno, Rice52 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell29 min
May 24, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson59 min
May 24, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Montgomery66 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell30 min
May 24, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase57 min
May 24, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice24 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson47 min
May 24, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood45 min
May 24, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery25 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln33 min
May 24, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline60 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette63 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson27 min
May 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman25 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery24 min
May 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick45 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho47 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton10 hr

Nearby

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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.