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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 19, 2014, 12:14 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2014, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2014, 6:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 636 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WWUS73 KICT 191714 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1214 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-200000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0022.140419T1714Z-140420T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1214 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMI'S AND MOTORCYCLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WHERE CROSSWIND EFFECTS WILL OCCUR. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
491 WWUS73 KICT 192313 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 613 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-200015- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-140420T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 613 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 12:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.