Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 20, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2016, 5:53 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2016, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
199 WWUS73 KICT 062253 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 553 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>051-067-070200- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0020.161006T2253Z-161007T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 553 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE DANGEROUS CROSS-WINDS ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$ KED
2 follow-up statements
650 WWUS73 KICT 070024 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 724 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING... KSZ052-053-068-082-083-091-070200- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161007T0200Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...KINGMAN...DERBY... HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA 724 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID-EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE DANGEROUS CROSS-WINDS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-070200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161007T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 724 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID-EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE DANGEROUS CROSS-WINDS ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$ KED
242 WWUS73 KICT 070203 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 903 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082-083-091-070315- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161007T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS... STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE... BEL AIRE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA 903 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Elk | 35 min |
| Oct 5, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 8 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Oct 6, 4:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 4 days |
| Oct 6, 10:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 18 min |
| Oct 6, 1:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 5 days |
| Oct 6, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 2:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 39 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 48 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 66 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 3 days |
| Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| Oct 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 42 min |
| Oct 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Greenwood | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 40 min |
| Oct 6, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase, Sedgwick, Sumner | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 65 min |
| Oct 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 17 min |
| Oct 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 13 min |
| Oct 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Greenwood | 36 min |
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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.