Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2012, 3:42 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2012, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2012, 10:58 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 23 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, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
220 WWUS73 KICT 102142 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 342 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>095-098-111145- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0001.120111T1600Z-120112T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- 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...SEDAN 342 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ BILLINGS/JAM
4 follow-up statements
255 WWUS73 KICT 110927 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 327 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>095-098-112330- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0001.120111T1600Z-120112T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...SEDAN 327 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WILL BE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING AS VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH BY MIDDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING TO EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
919 WWUS73 KICT 112130 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 330 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>095-098-120100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- 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...SEDAN 330 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ MWM
788 WWUS73 KICT 120058 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 658 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>095-098-120600- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...SEDAN 658 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS AND FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KETCHAM
017 WWUS73 KICT 120458 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1058 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>095-098-120600- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- 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...SEDAN 1058 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH. $$ KETCHAM
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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.