Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2014, 3:17 AM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2014, 3:17 AM CST (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243 WWUS73 KICT 180917 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 317 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...OCCASIONALLY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-182330- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0004.140118T1700Z-140119T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 317 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME OCCASIONALLY STRONG AND GUSTY BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
148 WWUS73 KICT 181734 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1134 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-190000- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 1134 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY BY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE HIGHWAYS 54 AND 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-190000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 1134 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE STRONG AND GUSTY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-70 AND HIGHWAYS 54 AND 400. 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. && $$ BILLINGS WRIGHT
730 WWUS73 KICT 182106 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 306 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-190000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 306 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS LIKE HIGHWAYS 54 AND 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KETCHAM
731 WWUS73 KICT 190006 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 606 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...STRONG WINDS HAVE LESSENED ACROSS THE AREA... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-190115- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 606 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MINIMAL IMPACTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:20 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 17 more | 15 hr |
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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.