Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 7, 2011, 10:24 AM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2011, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
961 WWUS73 KICT 071524 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1024 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-091-080200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0014.110607T1800Z-110608T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER 1024 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ JMC
2 follow-up statements
259 WWUS73 KICT 071928 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 228 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 KSZ068-083-080200- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110608T0200Z/ HARVEY-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WICHITA 228 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-091-080200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110608T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER 228 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ JMC
506 WWUS73 KICT 080115 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 815 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-080215- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110608T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 815 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ MWM
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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.