Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 3:51 AM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2011, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2011, 3:36 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WWUS73 KICT 200951 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 351 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TODAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND INTO IOWA TODAY. THE STRENGTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201800- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0002.110220T1400Z-110221T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-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...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...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 351 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OF THE WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MID MORNING...REMAINING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAYBE DIFFICULT FOR TALL CARS AND TRUCKS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ COOK
3 follow-up statements
389 WWUS73 KICT 201232 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 632 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TODAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND INTO IOWA TODAY. THE STRENGTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201800- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.110220T1400Z-110221T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 632 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID-MORNING...AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR TALL VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...AND ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KRC/ADK
518 WWUS73 KICT 201737 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1137 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TODAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND INTO IOWA TODAY. THE STRENGTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-210000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-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...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...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 1137 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...AND ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ BILLINGS
859 WWUS73 KICT 202136 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 336 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-202245- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 336 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. $$ KETCHAM
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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.