Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 28, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2011, 10:25 AM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2011, 10:25 AM CST (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2011, 2:28 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WWUS73 KICT 191625 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1025 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-192100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0028.111119T1625Z-111119T2100Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1025 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. * WINDS...SPEEDS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 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 AROUND 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. && $$ BILLINGS
1 follow-up statement
444 WWUS73 KICT 192028 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 228 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-192130- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-111119T2100Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 228 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE COLD FRONT IS QUICKLY APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WEAKENED PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS ALLOWED WIND SPEEDS TO DROP BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ BILLINGS
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.