Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2011, 12:21 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408 WWUS73 KICT 231721 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1221 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-094>096-232300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0004.110323T1721Z-110323T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- 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...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 1221 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY ALERT DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. ANY LOOSE PROPERTY WILL BE 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. && $$ BILLINGS
1 follow-up statement
007 WWUS73 KICT 232238 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 538 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-094>096-232345- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110323T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 538 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 19 more | 14 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.