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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Wichita, KS

October 6, 2011Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2011, 7:38 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2011, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

624 
WWUS73 KICT 070038
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
738 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011


KSZ032-047-070500-
/O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0020.111007T0038Z-111007T0500Z/
RUSSELL-BARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND
738 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL
  CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* IMPACTS...INCLUDE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY FOR DRIVERS DUE TO THE
  STRONG AND SUDDEN GUSTS AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY MORE
  NOTICEABLE WITH CROSS WINDS ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND OR GUSTS
GREATER THAN 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE
PROPERTY DAMAGE. BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

&&


$$

KSZ033-048>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-070145-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/
LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...
EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY
738 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

EVEN THOUGH SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT...THEY HAVE
FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

LAWSON
1 follow-up statement
282 
WWUS73 KICT 070511
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1211 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSZ032-047-070615-
/O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111007T0500Z/
RUSSELL-BARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND
1211 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 3:44 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 10 more15 hr

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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.