Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 4:07 AM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 12:08 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 12:08 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 10:08 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, 10.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284 WWUS73 KICT 281007 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ032-047-290015- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0010.120228T2000Z-120229T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 407 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
7 follow-up statements
640 WWUS73 KICT 281808 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1208 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ032-047-290200- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0010.120228T1808Z-120229T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 1208 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAWSON
893 WWUS73 KICT 282134 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 334 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ032-047-290200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0200Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 334 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING...STRONGEST WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ ADK
073 WWUS73 KICT 282237 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 437 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ033-048>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-290300- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0300Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 437 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO MID-EVENING...STRONGEST GENERALLY WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MID-EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-047-290300- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0300Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 437 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO MID-EVENING...STRONGEST GENERALLY WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MID-EVENING. 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. && $$ ADK
101 WWUS73 KICT 282240 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 440 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-290300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 440 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO MID-EVENING...STRONGEST GENERALLY WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MID-EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ADK
824 WWUS73 KICT 290224 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 824 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ032-033-047>050-067-082-091-290330- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY... HARPER 824 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-290600- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0600Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 824 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MID-EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ051-068-083-092-290600- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0600Z/ MCPHERSON-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...NEWTON...WICHITA... WELLINGTON 824 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MID-EVENING. 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. && $$
308 WWUS73 KICT 290316 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 916 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ051-068-083-092-290430- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0600Z/ MCPHERSON-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...NEWTON...WICHITA... WELLINGTON 916 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-290600- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0600Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 916 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$
486 WWUS73 KICT 290615 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1215 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-290715- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0600Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1215 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. $$ HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 4:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 28 min |
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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.