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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Wichita, KS

April 19, 201414 counties in Kansas

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 475 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 12:16 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more6 hr

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.