Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2012, 3:34 PM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2012, 3:34 PM CST (21:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 11:27 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
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, Lincoln County, KS, Marion 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497 WWUS73 KICT 192134 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 334 PM CST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WIND POSSIBLE ON MONDAY... .A POTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF KANSAS ON MONDAY. THE TIGHT GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL CREATE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LOW CENTER. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED FROM INTERSTATE 135...EAST TO THE FLINT HILLS. KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-201145- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0006.120220T1500Z-120221T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 334 PM CST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THE SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG INTERSTATE 135 BY MID MORNING ON MONDAY. THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
048 WWUS73 KICT 201013 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 413 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WIND EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WHILE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA... KSZ032-047-210015- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0006.120220T1500Z-120221T0600Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 413 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE DAY. THEN AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTHWESTERLY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 - 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-210015- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0006.120220T1500Z-120221T0600Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 413 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG INTERSTATE 135 BY MID MORNING. THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY EVENING WHICH WILL CHANGE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST BUT THEY WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ BILLINGS
680 WWUS73 KICT 201851 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1251 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-210600- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 1251 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH AROUND TO WEST AND NORTHWEST THIS EVENING BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JMB/ADK
793 WWUS73 KICT 202107 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 307 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-210600- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 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...SEDAN 307 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE JUST AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ KED
503 WWUS73 KICT 210527 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1127 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-210630- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120221T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 1127 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ HOWERTON
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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.