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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 20126 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 9, 2012, 3:59 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2012, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 9, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-06-09Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

210 
WWUS73 KICT 090859
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
359 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012


KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-092300-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0025.120609T1500Z-120610T0200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON
359 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ORIENTED
  ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
865 
WWUS73 KICT 092218
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
518 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-100200-
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120610T0200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON
518 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 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 WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST 
  ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 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.

&&

$$

LAWSON
387 
WWUS73 KICT 100149
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
849 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-100300-
/O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120610T0200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON
849 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

SOUTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED A BIT AS SUNSET APPROACHES...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO DO SO A BIT MORE INTO THE LATE EVENING. WIND SPEEDS
WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH
AFTER DARK. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 
AT 9 PM. 

$$

KED

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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.