Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 24, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 24, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2011, 6:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350 WWUS73 KICT 240836 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 336 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-242300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0022.111024T1900Z-111024T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 336 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY FOR DRIVERS ON EAST WEST ROADS...INCLUDING I-70...DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
2 follow-up statements
186 WWUS73 KICT 241645 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1145 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-250000- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0022.111024T1900Z-111025T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 1145 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON... WITH STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY FOR DRIVERS ON EAST WEST ROADS...INCLUDING I-70...DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
464 WWUS73 KICT 242336 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 636 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-250045- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111025T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 636 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE GUSTY SIDE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno, Rice and 1 more | 15 hr |
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.