Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 11:22 PM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 2:36 AM CST
- In force
- 3 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, 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 3672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209 WWUS73 KICT 260522 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1122 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-260900- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0009.120226T0522Z-120226T0900Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1122 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT FOR CROSSWIND POTENTIAL ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
424 WWUS73 KICT 260836 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 236 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-260945- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T0900Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 236 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WHICH PROMPTED THE WIND ADVISORY ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TOWARDS DAYBREAK...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:40 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 14 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.