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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Wichita, KS

September 9, 20149 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 9, 2014, 4:24 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2014, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2014, 8:56 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2014-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

994 
WWUS73 KICT 092124
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014


KSZ051-067>069-082-083-091>093-100200-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0035.140909T2124Z-140910T0200Z/
MCPHERSON-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...
EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY
424 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 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...VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING HOURS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50
  MPH WILL OCCUR. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ALERT
  ON EAST WEST ROADS FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 

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
745 
WWUS73 KICT 100156
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
856 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

KSZ051-067>069-082-083-091>093-100300-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-140910T0200Z/
MCPHERSON-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...
EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY
856 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT WINDS HAVE
DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

JMR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell34 min
Sep 9, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell32 min
Sep 9, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln45 min
Sep 9, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell35 min
Sep 9, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln33 min
Sep 9, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell28 min
Sep 9, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton29 min
Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln26 min

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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.