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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 24 counties
Allen 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, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
468 WWUS73 KICT 042038 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 PM CDT MON APR 4 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS RETURN FOR TUESDAY... KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-051045- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0013.160405T1600Z-160406T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...ELLSWORTH... WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO... MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA... MADISON...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY... MULVANE...VALLEY CENTER...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 338 PM CDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ KETCHAM
5 follow-up statements
488 WWUS73 KICT 050838 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ033-048-050945- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0013.160405T1600Z-160406T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...ELLSWORTH... WILSON 338 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TODAY. $$ KSZ071-095-052245- /O.EXB.KICT.WI.Y.0013.160405T1700Z-160406T0000Z/ WOODSON-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...NEODESHA...FREDONIA 338 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ KSZ049>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-052245- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0013.160405T1700Z-160406T0000Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON... HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL... EUREKA...MADISON...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE... PARK CITY...MULVANE...VALLEY CENTER...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 338 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE PROPERLY STOWED OR PROTECTED FROM THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
407 WWUS73 KICT 051341 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 841 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... KSZ072-096-099-100-060000- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0013.160405T1700Z-160406T0000Z/ ALLEN-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...CHANUTE... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 841 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM MIDDAY 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. && $$ KSZ049>053-067>071-082-083-091>095-098-060000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0013.160405T1700Z-160406T0000Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON... HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL... EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE... BEL AIRE...PARK CITY...MULVANE...VALLEY CENTER...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 841 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE PROPERLY STOWED OR PROTECTED FROM THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KED
594 WWUS73 KICT 052150 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 450 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... KSZ049>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060300- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160406T0300Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON... HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL... EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN... DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY...MULVANE... VALLEY CENTER...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 450 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 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. && $$
760 WWUS73 KICT 060102 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 802 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING... KSZ049>051-067-060215- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160406T0300Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON... HUTCHINSON 802 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ KSZ052-053-068>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160406T0300Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY... MULVANE...VALLEY CENTER...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN... CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 802 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL IMPACT THE REGION 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. && $$
754 WWUS73 KICT 060252 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 952 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ052-053-068>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-060400- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160406T0300Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY... MULVANE...VALLEY CENTER...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN... CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 952 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more | 30 hr |
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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.