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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Wichita, KS

March 4, 201214 counties in Kansas

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 3:26 AM CSTRed Flag WarningICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more14 hr
Mar 4, 3:36 PM CSTFire Weather WatchICTBarton, Russell12 hr

Nearby

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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.