Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 27, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 7, 2012, 7:26 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 7, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2012, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 6:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WWUS73 KICT 071226 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 726 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-072200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0027.120907T1600Z-120907T2200Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 726 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH THIS MORNING WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED EXPECTED AS THE AFTERNOON HOURS APPROACH. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ LAWSON
4 follow-up statements
160 WWUS73 KICT 071612 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1112 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-072200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120907T2200Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1112 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATE THIS MORNING WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED EXPECTED AS THE AFTERNOON HOURS APPROACH. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAWSON/KETCHAM
268 WWUS73 KICT 072043 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 343 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-080000- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120908T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 343 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL END BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ ADK
636 WWUS73 KICT 072107 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-080000- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120908T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 407 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL END BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-080000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120908T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 407 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL END BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ ADK
329 WWUS73 KICT 072343 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 643 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 KSZ067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-080045- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120908T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 643 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT HAVE SUBSIDED...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 24 min |
| Sep 7, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Sep 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 24 min |
| Sep 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 23 min |
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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.