Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 23, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 25, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2011, 2:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 3458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252 WWUS73 KICT 250846 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 346 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 KSZ070>072-095-096-252000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0023.111025T1400Z-111025T2000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 346 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING... WINDS SHOULD INCREASE JUST AFTER SUNRISE AND PEAK MID TO LATE MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY FOR DRIVERS ON EAST WEST ROADS 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. && $$ HOWERTON
2 follow-up statements
356 WWUS73 KICT 251340 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 840 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 KSZ094-098>100-252000- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0023.111025T1400Z-111025T2000Z/ ELK-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 840 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE SOUTH TO THE SOUTHWEST BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY FOR DRIVERS ON EAST WEST ROADS DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ070>072-095-096-252000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0023.111025T1400Z-111025T2000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 840 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE SOUTH TO THE SOUTHWEST BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTY FOR DRIVERS ON EAST WEST ROADS 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. && $$ KED
138 WWUS73 KICT 251959 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 259 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-252100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-111025T2000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 259 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM. $$ KED
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.