Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 21, 2011, 3:27 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 21, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2011, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS73 KICT 210827 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 327 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-212200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0018.110621T1500Z-110622T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 327 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMMENCE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH 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. && $$ LAWSON
1 follow-up statement
702 WWUS73 KICT 212200 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 500 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...NORTHWEST WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ032-033-047-048-212300- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110622T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 500 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell, Saline | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 82 min |
| Jun 20, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 69 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.