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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2014, 3:46 AM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 16, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2014, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WWUS73 KICT 160846 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 346 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE... KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-162300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.140416T1400Z-140416T2300Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 346 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ KETCHAM
3 follow-up statements
783 WWUS73 KICT 161452 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 952 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35... KSZ049-051-068-083-092-162300- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140416T2300Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...NEWTON...WICHITA... WELLINGTON 952 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 PM TODAY. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-162300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140416T2300Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 952 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
619 WWUS73 KICT 161958 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 258 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS... KSZ049-051>053-068-069-083-092-093-162100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140416T2300Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WICHITA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 258 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-162300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140416T2300Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 258 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
735 WWUS73 KICT 162254 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 554 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014 KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-170000- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140416T2300Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 554 PM CDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED A BIT AS OF LATE AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ KED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 7 more | 14 hr |
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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.