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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 7 hr |
| May 6, 2:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 7 hr |
| May 6, 2:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 6, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 6, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 28 min |
| May 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 30 min |
| May 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Russell | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harvey | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 24 min |
| May 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| May 6, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 27 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| May 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 18 min |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 22 min |
| May 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 41 min |
| May 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 29 min |
| May 6, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Saline | 39 min |
| May 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 36 min |
| May 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 49 min |
| May 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Saline | 35 min |
Nearby
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.