Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 1:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 2014 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 611 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966 WWUS73 KICT 170415 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1115 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-170700- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0015.110617T0415Z-110617T0700Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN 1115 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM IN THE WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
1 follow-up statement
772 WWUS73 KICT 170637 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 137 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-170745- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110617T0700Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN 137 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE AREA. $$ HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice, Saline | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 52 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.