Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 29, 2012, 12:12 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:32 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468 WWUS73 KICT 291812 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1212 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 KSZ032-033-048-049-292300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0011.120229T1812Z-120229T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 1212 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 5 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH. 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. && $$ LAWSON
1 follow-up statement
237 WWUS73 KICT 292132 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 332 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 KSZ032-033-048-049-292245- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120229T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 332 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DISSIPATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. $$ ADK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 53 min |
| Feb 28, 8:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chase | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 8:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 53 min |
| Feb 28, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood | 59 min |
| Feb 28, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 59 min |
| Feb 28, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 9 min |
| Feb 29, 3:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:47 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 12 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.