Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 3:22 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 3:22 AM CST (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 5:50 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206 WWUS73 KICT 040922 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 322 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-070>072-042330- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0012.120304T1700Z-120305T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EUREKA...YATES CENTER... IOLA 322 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ JMC
2 follow-up statements
882 WWUS73 KICT 042122 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 322 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-070>072-050000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EUREKA...YATES CENTER... IOLA 322 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JMC/ADK
020 WWUS73 KICT 042350 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 550 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-070>072-050100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EUREKA...YATES CENTER... IOLA 550 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:26 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:36 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Russell | 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.