Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 1:16 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Ellsworth 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
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793 WWUS73 KICT 070716 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 116 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-071200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0014.120307T0716Z-120307T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 116 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * 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. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BE FELT ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
699 WWUS73 KICT 071155 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 555 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-071300- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 555 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY TODAY BUT BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 8 more | 4 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.