Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2011, 7:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WWUS73 KICT 220900 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 400 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO WHIP ACROSS KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-221700- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.110322T1700Z-110322T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-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...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...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 400 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTHERLY AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY 12 NOON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT THESE SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. ANY LOOSE PROPERTY WILL BE 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 THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
4 follow-up statements
494 WWUS73 KICT 221711 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1211 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO WHIP ACROSS KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-222300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110322T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 1211 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. ANY LOOSE PROPERTY WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BILLINGS/ES
206 WWUS73 KICT 222037 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 337 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-222300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110322T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-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...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...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 337 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST OF I-35 WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WINDS EAST OF I-35 WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY ALERT DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. ANY LOOSE PROPERTY WILL BE 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 THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES/BILLINGS/HOWERTON
405 WWUS73 KICT 222216 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 516 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-230100- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110323T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 516 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST OF I-35 WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WINDS EAST OF I-35 WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY ALERT DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. ANY LOOSE PROPERTY WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED/BILLINGS
368 WWUS73 KICT 230007 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 707 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-230115- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110323T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-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...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...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 707 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA TO LESS THAN 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FURTHER DURING THE LATE EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KED
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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.