Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2012, 3:27 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2012, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 09:33 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, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 788 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 771 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
327 WWUS73 KICT 220927 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 327 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-091-222330- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0004.120122T2000Z-120123T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER 327 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
2 follow-up statements
031 WWUS73 KICT 221827 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1227 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 KSZ068-083-092-230100- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0004.120122T2000Z-120123T0100Z/ HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WICHITA...WELLINGTON 1227 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-091-230100- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0004.120122T2000Z-120123T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER 1227 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH EARLY THIS 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. && $$ KED
709 WWUS73 KICT 230115 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 715 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-230215- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 715 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
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.