Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 8, 2013, 8:52 AM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 8, 2013, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2013, 8:52 AM CST (14:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2013, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2013, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 14:56 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
517 WWUS73 KICT 081452 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 852 AM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-082300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.131108T1600Z-131108T2300Z/ 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 852 AM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...FROM THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ JAKUB
3 follow-up statements
988 WWUS73 KICT 081914 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 114 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 KSZ032-047-082300- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131108T2300Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 114 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...FROM THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-082300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131108T2300Z/ 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 114 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...FROM THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ JAKUB
032 WWUS73 KICT 082100 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 300 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-082300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131108T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 300 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...FROM THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KETCHAM
946 WWUS73 KICT 082308 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 508 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-090015- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131108T2300Z/ 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 508 PM CST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ES
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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.