Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2014, 2:58 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2014, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2014, 7:36 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077 WWUS73 KICT 170858 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 258 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-171400- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0009.140217T0900Z-140217T1400Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON 258 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. 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. && $$ JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
520 WWUS73 KICT 171039 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 439 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 KSZ049-051-068-082-083-091-092-171600- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140217T1600Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 439 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-171600- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140217T1600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...HUTCHINSON 439 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. 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. && $$ JAKUB
201 WWUS73 KICT 171336 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 736 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-171445- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140217T1600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 736 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE THIS MORNING AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. $$ LAWSON
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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.