Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 11:20 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 11:20 AM CST (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 3:21 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 564 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 757 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966 WWUS73 KICT 071720 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1120 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 KSZ053-069>072-083-092>096-098>100-072200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0015.120307T1720Z-120307T2200Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1120 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BE STRONG LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AND GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BE FELT ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ BILLINGS
1 follow-up statement
365 WWUS73 KICT 072121 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 321 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 KSZ053-069>072-083-092>096-098>100-072230- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 321 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT HAVE DECREASED AS THE FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS ALLOWING THE ADVISORY TO BE CANCELLED. $$ BILLINGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 5 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.