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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Wichita, KS

March 29, 20166 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

733 
WWUS73 KICT 290853
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
353 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN THIS AFTERNOON...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO
TODAY CAUSING STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS.

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-292300-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0012.160329T1800Z-160330T0200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...
GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...LYONS...STERLING...HUTCHINSON
353 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
CDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY THROUGH
  THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE
  PROPERLY STOWED OR PROTECTED FROM THE STRONG 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
134 
WWUS73 KICT 291958
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
258 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-300200-
/O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160330T0200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...
GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...LYONS...STERLING...HUTCHINSON
258 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS 
  SHOULD BE PROPERLY STOWED OR PROTECTED FROM THE STRONG 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.

&&

$$

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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.