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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 27, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 27, 2012, 10:15 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2012, 10:15 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
927 WWUS73 KICT 270907 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-272315- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0024.120527T1800Z-120528T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 407 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 400 WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...BOATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ LAWSON
3 follow-up statements
828 WWUS73 KICT 271515 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1015 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280000- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0024.120527T1515Z-120528T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1015 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 400 WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...BOATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
794 WWUS73 KICT 272014 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 314 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 314 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 400 WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...BOATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$
675 WWUS73 KICT 272358 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 658 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280100- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 658 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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.