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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 7, 2014, 8:14 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 7, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2014, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 4:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 4519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WWUS73 KICT 071314 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 814 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091-092-080200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0029.140507T1600Z-140508T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 814 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE CHALLENGING DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS...ESPECIALLY FROM CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ KED
2 follow-up statements
218 WWUS73 KICT 071756 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1256 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 KSZ032-033-047-071900- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140508T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND 1256 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ048>052-067>069-082-083-091-092-080200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140508T0200Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1256 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE CHALLENGING DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS...ESPECIALLY FROM CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ KED
141 WWUS73 KICT 072107 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... KSZ048>052-067>069-082-083-091-092-072215- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140508T0200Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 407 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING...THE SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERION. AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| May 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 49 min |
| May 7, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sedgwick | 24 min |
| May 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 39 min |
| May 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 51 min |
| May 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 37 min |
| May 7, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice, Saline | 31 min |
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.