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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 3:39 PM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 8:40 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 24 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, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448 WWUS73 KICT 192139 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 KSZ091>096-098>100-201200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0031.121220T0200Z-121220T1200Z/ HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 339 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AROUND 8 PM AND SPREAD OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 38 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS DAYBREAK...HOWEVER SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH MAY LINGER INTO MID MORNING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
3 follow-up statements
443 WWUS73 KICT 200431 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1031 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 KSZ091>096-098>100-201200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1031 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 38 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS DAYBREAK...HOWEVER SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH MAY LINGER INTO MID MORNING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAKUB
391 WWUS73 KICT 200942 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 342 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-201500- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0031.121220T1200Z-121220T1500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA 342 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH MAY LINGER INTO MID MORNING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT. 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. && $$ KSZ091>096-098>100-201500- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 342 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH MAY LINGER INTO MID MORNING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KETCHAM
830 WWUS73 KICT 201440 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 840 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>096-098>100-201545- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 840 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER WINDS WILL STAY BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline | 11 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.