Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 27, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2011, 3:37 PM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2011, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2011, 4:58 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 22 counties
Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WWUS73 KICT 172137 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 337 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011 KSZ051>053-068>072-083-092>096-181145- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0027.111118T1500Z-111118T2300Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 337 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MID MORNING...AND REMAIN AT OR ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...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 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. && $$ HOWERTON
3 follow-up statements
642 WWUS73 KICT 180907 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 307 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 KSZ098>100-182300- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0027.111118T1500Z-111118T2300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 307 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES OR ON MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ051>053-068>072-083-092>096-182300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0027.111118T1500Z-111118T2300Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 307 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...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 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. && $$ MWM
414 WWUS73 KICT 181712 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1112 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 KSZ049-050-067-082-091-182300- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111118T2300Z/ SALINE-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER 1112 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES OR ON MOTORCYCLES. PROPERTY SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ051>053-068>072-083-092>096-098>100-182300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111118T2300Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 1112 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...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 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. && $$ LAWSON
506 WWUS73 KICT 182258 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 458 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 KSZ049>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-190000- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111118T2300Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 458 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:33 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 16 more | 26 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.