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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 3, 2014, 10:44 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2014, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2014, 12:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Russell Arpt, KS | |
| Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Susank, KS | 8 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN IN DRIVEWAY |
| Jun 3, 11:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Ellsworth Airport, KS | |
| Jun 4, 12:19 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 5 N Mcpherson, KS | |
| Jun 4, 12:59 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Gypsum, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
900 WWUS73 KICT 040344 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1044 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 KSZ032-047-040600- /O.NEW.KICT.HW.W.0008.140604T0344Z-140604T0600Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 1044 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
655 WWUS73 KICT 040440 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 KSZ033-048>051-067-040600- /O.EXA.KICT.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ032-047-040600- /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
132 WWUS73 KICT 040558 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1258 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-040700- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 1258 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS UPWARDS OF 60 MPH ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ ADK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.