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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Wichita, KS

April 15, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2016, 11:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2016, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

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

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2016-04-15Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

775 
WWUS73 KICT 151610
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1110 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2016


KSZ032-033-047-048-160000-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0016.160415T1610Z-160416T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...
GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON
1110 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

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

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM.

* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 THIS
  AFTERNOON. 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.

&&

$$

LAWSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 3:02 PM CDTFlood WatchICTBarton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 10 more55 hr

Nearby

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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.