Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2013, 3:27 PM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2013, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 5:55 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, 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, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
823
WWUS73 KICT 092127
NPWICT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
327 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013
...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY...
KSZ032-033-047-048-050-100100-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0100Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...LYONS
327 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY.
* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS WILL BE FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM.
* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO
AROUND 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST 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.
&&
$$
KSZ049-051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-100100-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/
SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-
WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-
NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...
EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...
HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...
FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
PARSONS
327 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY.
* TIMING...STRONGEST SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED IN LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL HAVE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO
NEAR 35 MPH WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH
AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
&&
$$
VP5 follow-up statements
770 WWUS73 KICT 100100 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS SUNDAY... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-101500- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T0100Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS 700 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS WILL BE FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SUNDAY. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH 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. && $$ KSZ049-051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-101500- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 700 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUST UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
647 WWUS73 KICT 100104 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 704 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS SUNDAY... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-101515- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 704 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SUNDAY. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED OUT OF THE WEST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH 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. && $$
113 WWUS73 KICT 100922 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 322 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102330- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.130210T1500Z-130211T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 322 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MCGUIRE
826 WWUS73 KICT 102149 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 349 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS INTO THE EARLY EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130211T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 349 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH 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. && $$ VP
719 WWUS73 KICT 102355 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 555 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130211T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 555 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 7 PM ACROSS THE REGION...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MOST LOCATIONS. $$ ADK
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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.