Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2015, 9:07 PM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 25, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2015, 9:07 PM CST (03:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2015, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties 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, 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883 WWUS73 KICT 250307 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 907 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-251715- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0002.150125T1200Z-150125T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 907 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 3 PM BEFORE SUBSIDING. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
436 WWUS73 KICT 250854 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 254 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-252300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.150125T1200Z-150125T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 254 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 3 PM BEFORE SUBSIDING. * IMPACTS...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS OR OUTDOOR FURNITURE MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAKUB
069 WWUS73 KICT 251755 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1155 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM... .WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE MORNING HAVE BEEN VERY GUSTY FROM THE NORTH. MANY WIND GUSTS HAVE REACHED INTO THE 40S AND A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE ALMOST REACHED 50 MPH. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-252300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150125T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 1155 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 3 PM BEFORE SUBSIDING. * 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. && $$
322 WWUS73 KICT 252247 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 447 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-260000- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150125T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 447 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE ON TIME. $$ BILLINGS WRIGHT
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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.