Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 35, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 26 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.