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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 23, 2014, 10:32 PM CDT for Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 88 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2014, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
360 WWUS73 KICT 240332 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1032 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 KSZ032-033-047-240445- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140424T0400Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND 1032 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ KSZ092-093-240445- /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0005.140424T0332Z-140424T0400Z/ SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1032 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 1130 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR WELLINGTON * IMPACTS...WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
251 WWUS73 KICT 240359 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1059 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 KSZ032-033-047-240500- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140424T0400Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND 1059 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ KSZ092-093-240500- /O.EXT.KICT.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140424T0500Z/ SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1059 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 1130 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR WELLINGTON * IMPACTS...WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Barton, Rice | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley, Harper, Sumner | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Saline | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Sedgwick | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Saline | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Allen | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Neosho | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 44 min |
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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.