Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 20, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 6:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 22 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2396 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856 WWUS73 KICT 200847 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 347 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSZ047-050>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-202200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0016.110620T1100Z-110621T0000Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 347 AM CDT MON JUN 20 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...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 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. && $$ LAWSON
3 follow-up statements
337 WWUS73 KICT 201428 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 928 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-202230- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110621T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 928 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-202230- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110621T0000Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 928 AM CDT MON JUN 20 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...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 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. && $$ COOK
143 WWUS73 KICT 202019 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 319 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSZ047-202130- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110621T0000Z/ BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREAT BEND 319 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ050>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-210000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110621T0000Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON- ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 319 PM CDT MON JUN 20 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...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 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. && $$ JMC
469 WWUS73 KICT 202328 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 628 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY... KSZ050>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-210030- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110621T0000Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON- ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 628 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ ELDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 6:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 64 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.