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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 23, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 2337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315 WWUS73 KICT 222000 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 300 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 KSZ047-231000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0022.120523T1600Z-120524T0200Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREAT BEND 300 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS...WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ KSZ048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-231000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0022.120523T1600Z-120524T0200Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER- GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 300 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS...WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-230200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RUSSELL 300 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 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...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS...INCLUDING I-70...WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ JAKUB
6 follow-up statements
551 WWUS73 KICT 222348 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 648 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 KSZ047-231400- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0022.120523T1600Z-120524T0200Z/ BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREAT BEND 648 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS I-70 WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-230100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RUSSELL 648 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-231400- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0022.120523T1600Z-120524T0200Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER- GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 648 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 400 WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
276 WWUS73 KICT 230845 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 345 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 KSZ047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-232245- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0022.120523T1400Z-120524T0200Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...SEDAN 345 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HOWERTON
700 WWUS73 KICT 231634 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1134 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 KSZ032-033-232000- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120523T2000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 1134 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL AFFECT THE AREA UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-240200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...SEDAN 1134 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED
380 WWUS73 KICT 232000 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 300 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 KSZ032-033-232100- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120523T2000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 300 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...HOWEVER SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KSZ047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-240200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...SEDAN 300 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED
147 WWUS73 KICT 232018 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 318 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 KSZ047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-240200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...SEDAN 318 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAKUB
339 WWUS73 KICT 240155 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 855 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 KSZ047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-240300- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...SEDAN 855 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED AND WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ LAUGEMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Russell | 15 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.