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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wichita, KS

January 17, 201514 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2015, 12:28 PM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2015, 12:28 PM CST (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 2015, 4:32 PM CST
In force
4 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, Marion 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -252 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

583 
WWUS73 KICT 171828
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1228 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2015

KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-172300-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0001.150117T1828Z-150117T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY...
BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...
STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
ATTICA...WELLINGTON
1228 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2015

...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...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM 1 PM TO AROUND 3
  PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-PROFILE
  VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS
  SUCH AS TRASH CANS OR OUTDOOR FURNITURE 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
882 
WWUS73 KICT 172232
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
432 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2015

KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-172345-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150117T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY...
BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...
STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
ATTICA...WELLINGTON
432 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TOWARD 
SUNSET WITH SPEEDS DROPPING TO 15 MPH OR LESS SHORTLY AFTER DARK.
THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.