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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Wichita, KS

November 19, 201112 counties in Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2011-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2011-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 377 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

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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.