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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 201513 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2015, 11:05 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 6, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2015, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 6, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
7 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 16:09 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 12:00Z, 4.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 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.

594 
WWUS73 KICT 061605
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1105 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-070300-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0007.150506T2000Z-150507T0300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-
HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY...
BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...
STERLING...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...
ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON
1105 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY BE FELT ALONG WEST TO EAST
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED PROPERLY MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT
  BY THE GUSTY WINDS.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick7 hr
May 6, 2:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTCowley, Sumner7 hr
May 6, 2:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler5 hr
May 6, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth39 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln40 min
May 6, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln47 min
May 6, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln24 min
May 6, 2:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatICTLincoln18 min
May 6, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth28 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline30 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell42 min
May 6, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarvey35 min
May 6, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner24 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick30 min
May 6, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell27 min
May 6, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner55 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick38 min
May 6, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion18 min
May 6, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick22 min
May 6, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson41 min
May 6, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln44 min
May 6, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline29 min
May 6, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Saline39 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper36 min
May 6, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln49 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSaline35 min

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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.