Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 41, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2014, 2:49 AM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2014, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2014, 4:31 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
327 WWUS73 KICT 250849 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 249 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014 KSZ052-053-068>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0041.141225T1700Z-141225T2300Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN... CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 249 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS OR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. 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. && $$ JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
615 WWUS73 KICT 251830 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1230 PM CST THU DEC 25 2014 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... KSZ051-067-252300- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141225T2300Z/ MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 1230 PM CST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS OR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ052-053-068>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141225T2300Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN... CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1230 PM CST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS OR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. 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. && $$
669 WWUS73 KICT 252231 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 431 PM CST THU DEC 25 2014 KSZ051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252345- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141225T2300Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 431 PM CST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAD SUBSIDED A BIT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KED
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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.