Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
632 WWUS73 KICT 040850 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 350 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE GREATLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-041700- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0025.111105T1800Z-111106T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 350 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...WILL REACH A SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400 WILL GET DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
5 follow-up statements
379 WWUS73 KICT 041534 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1034 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE GREATLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-050545- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0025.111105T1800Z-111106T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 1034 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...WILL REACH A SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400 WILL GET DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED/ES
183 WWUS73 KICT 042133 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 433 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE GREATLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-051145- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0025.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 433 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...WILL REACH A SUSTAINED 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES OR ON MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
524 WWUS73 KICT 050833 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 333 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE GREATLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-052115- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0025.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 333 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL REACH A SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES OR ON MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
226 WWUS73 KICT 052038 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-060000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 338 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES OR ON MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BILLINGS
229 WWUS73 KICT 060000 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-060100- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 700 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 3:53 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 28 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.