Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369 WWUS73 KICT 252041 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 341 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO LASH MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-260445- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0017.120326T1800Z-120327T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 341 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL GREATLY INCREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PREVAIL UNTIL EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH LIKELY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTOR CYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
4 follow-up statements
258 WWUS73 KICT 260218 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 918 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO LASH MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-261630- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0017.120326T1800Z-120327T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 918 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTOR CYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
351 WWUS73 KICT 260941 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 441 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-262345- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0017.120326T1800Z-120327T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 441 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTOR CYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAWSON
535 WWUS73 KICT 261931 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 231 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-270500- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120327T0500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 231 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
075 WWUS73 KICT 270215 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 915 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-270315- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120327T0500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 915 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAKUB
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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.