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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS

January 12, 201211 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 3:34 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2012, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 12, 2012, 1:29 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-01-12Temperature 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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.

394 
WWUS73 KICT 120934
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
334 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-083-091>093-122345-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0002.120112T1500Z-120113T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-
HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...
HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY
334 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WILL BE MAINLY IN THE MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON
  HOURS AFTER THE REMAINING LOW CLOUDS ARE ERODED BY THE SURGING DRY
  AIR ALLOWING FOR AMPLIFIED MIXING. 

* WINDS...ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT SPEEDS AROUND 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS ANTICIPATED TO BE 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS AT TIMES
  PARTICULARLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

JUANITA
1 follow-up statement
814 
WWUS73 KICT 121929
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
129 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-083-091>093-122030-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-
HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...
HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY
129 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING.

$$


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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.