Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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. && $$ JUANITA
1 follow-up statement
814 WWUS73 KICT 121929 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 129 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-083-091>093-122030- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 129 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING. $$ MWM
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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.