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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2014Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2014, 2:53 AM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2014, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2014, 5:40 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-30Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -66 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

833 
WWUS73 KICT 300753
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
253 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014


KSZ032-047-302200-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0028.140430T1700Z-140501T0000Z/
RUSSELL-BARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND
253 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA FOR THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
  MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES WHILE TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. DUST
  COULD ALSO BE PICKED UP BY THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...AND
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FOR MOTORISTS.

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.

&&

$$

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
497 
WWUS73 KICT 302240
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014


KSZ032-047-302345-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140501T0000Z/
RUSSELL-BARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND
540 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE AND ARE NOW BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. 

$$

LAWSON

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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.