Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2012, 3:06 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2012, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2012, 5:54 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
618 WWUS73 KICT 262106 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 306 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS RETURN TO THE AREA FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-271115- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0005.120127T1600Z-120128T0000Z/ 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 306 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AROUND MIDDAY ON FRIDAY AND LAST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY. ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. 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. && $$ KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
183 WWUS73 KICT 271009 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 409 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS RETURN TO THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0005.120127T1600Z-120128T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 409 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AROUND MIDDAY ON FRIDAY AND LAST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY. ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SMITH
497 WWUS73 KICT 271500 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 900 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO RETURN TODAY... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-280100- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0005.120127T1600Z-120128T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 900 AM CST FRI JAN 27 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 WILL BE AROUND MIDDAY AND LAST UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 56. 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. && $$ KSZ049-051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280100- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0005.120127T2000Z-120128T0100Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 900 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70...HIGHWAY 400 AND HIGHWAY 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED
138 WWUS73 KICT 272119 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 319 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120128T0100Z/ 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 319 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70...HIGHWAY 400 AND HIGHWAY 50. 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. && $$ LAWSON
365 WWUS73 KICT 272354 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 554 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-280100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120128T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 554 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AS A RESULT...THE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAM
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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.