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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 2014Cowley County, Sumner County, Kansas

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

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Rice36 min
Apr 23, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley, Harper, Sumner26 min
Apr 23, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline34 min
Apr 23, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner34 min
Apr 23, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, Reno34 min
Apr 23, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline30 min
Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick30 min
Apr 23, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion, Saline27 min
Apr 23, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Sedgwick28 min
Apr 23, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Saline29 min
Apr 24, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more57 min
Apr 24, 8:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno23 min
Apr 24, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWilson42 min
Apr 24, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery49 min
Apr 24, 11:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen38 min
Apr 24, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho50 min
Apr 24, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette44 min

Nearby

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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.