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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind warning at Nov 17, 2013, 12:24 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2013, 12:24 PM CST (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
753 WWUS73 KICT 171824 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1224 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 KSZ032-033-048-049-180000- /O.UPG.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-131118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0003.131117T1824Z-131117T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0024.131117T2100Z-131118T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 1224 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND YARD FURNITURE WILL NEED TO BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. && $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>072-082-083-094>096-180000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-131118T0000Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 1224 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND YARD FURNITURE WILL NEED TO BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
518 WWUS73 KICT 172129 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 329 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 KSZ032-033-048-049-180000- /O.EXP.KICT.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131117T2100Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131118T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 329 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST 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. && $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>072-082-083-094>096-180000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-131118T0000Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 329 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND YARD FURNITURE WILL NEED TO BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 6:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 7:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 12:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline | 5 hr |
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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.