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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2016, 10:37 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2016, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
032 WWUS73 KICT 231537 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1037 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2016 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-240100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0017.160423T1800Z-160424T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...LYONS...STERLING...HUTCHINSON 1037 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WIND EFFECTS ARE LIKELY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
840 WWUS73 KICT 232041 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 341 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MID-EVENING... KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-240100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160424T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...LYONS...STERLING...HUTCHINSON 341 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID-EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS ARE LIKELY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
611 WWUS73 KICT 240022 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 722 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2016 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-240130- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160424T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...LYONS...STERLING...HUTCHINSON 722 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LAWSON
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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.