Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
076 WWUS73 KICT 180852 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 352 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-182300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0016.120318T1800Z-120319T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 352 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO TRAVELERS DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND 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. && $$ KED
3 follow-up statements
432 WWUS73 KICT 181237 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 737 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-190200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0016.120318T1800Z-120319T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 737 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO TRAVELERS DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED/ADK
980 WWUS73 KICT 181929 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 229 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-190200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120319T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 229 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO TRAVELERS DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND 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. && $$ JAKUB
018 WWUS73 KICT 190157 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 857 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-190300- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120319T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 857 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SOUTH WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 15 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more | 60 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.