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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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
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
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.