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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 21:27 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 12:00Z, 9.5 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
- 1488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WWUS73 KICT 092128 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 428 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS LIKELY TO REACH 30 TO 40 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-100530- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ 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 428 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...FROM AROUND NOON SUNDAY UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE PROPERTY...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS WILL...LIKELY GET BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING PART IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. && $$ ES
5 follow-up statements
140 WWUS73 KICT 100308 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1008 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS LIKELY TO REACH 30 TO 40 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-101000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 1008 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...FROM AROUND NOON SUNDAY UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE PROPERTY...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS WILL...LIKELY GET BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY! WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHEN TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAY 400. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING PART IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. && $$
714 WWUS73 KICT 100836 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 336 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-101645- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ 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 336 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE 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 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING PART IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. && $$ KED/ES
906 WWUS73 KICT 101449 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 949 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 949 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE PROPERTY...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY GET BLOWN ABOUT...IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING PART IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. && $$
544 WWUS73 KICT 102010 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE TIL EARLY THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110411T0200Z/ 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 310 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE 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 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING PART IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. && $$ ES
734 WWUS73 KICT 102324 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 624 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110030- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110411T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 624 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN WHILE BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 4:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 29 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.