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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2014, 7:32 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 26, 2014, 9:11 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2014, 7:32 PM CST (01:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2014, 9:11 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2014, 3:03 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Butler County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785 WWUS73 KICT 270132 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 732 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... KSZ069-070-082-083-271000- /O.UPG.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0008.140127T0400Z-140127T1000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA 732 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 730 PM AND 8 PM. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. && $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-271000- /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.140127T0400Z-140127T1000Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 732 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ047>051-271000- /O.CON.KICT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0007.140127T0400Z-140127T1000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON 732 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY 10 PM BUT REMAIN GUSTY WELL PAST MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH AT 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 6O MPH EARLY... DIMINISHING TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. BROKEN BRANCHES ARE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE DOWNED POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR TRUCKS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-071-072-091>096-098>100-271000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-WOODSON-ALLEN-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...YATES CENTER... IOLA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 732 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 730 PM AND 9 PM. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
818 WWUS73 KICT 270311 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 911 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... KSZ052-053-067-068-271000- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0006.140127T0311Z-140127T1000Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 911 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-271000- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0008.140127T0311Z-140127T1000Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA 911 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL VERY SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ047>051-271000- /O.CAN.KICT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0007.140127T0311Z-140127T1000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON 911 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL VERY SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR TRUCKS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-071-072-091>096-098>100-271000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-WOODSON-ALLEN-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...YATES CENTER... IOLA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 911 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL VERY SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HOWERTON
036 WWUS73 KICT 270903 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 303 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL AREAS... KSZ032-033-052-053-067-068-071-072-091>096-098>100-271015- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-WOODSON-ALLEN-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 303 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND AS SUCH...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-271015- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA 303 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND AS SUCH...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ047>051-271015- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140127T1000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...SALINA... LYONS...MCPHERSON 303 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:51 PM CST | High Wind Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harvey and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 8 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.