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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 26, 2012, 4:20 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2012, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 8:00 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 09:19 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 1736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
484 WWUS73 KICT 260920 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 420 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-262330- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0023.120526T1700Z-120527T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 420 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS....DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...BOATERS ON LAKES ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WILL ALSO 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. && $$ LAWSON
1 follow-up statement
511 WWUS73 KICT 270105 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 805 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-270215- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120527T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 805 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 62 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 46 min |
| May 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 52 min |
| May 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Russell | 8 hr |
| May 25, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 8 min |
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.