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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS

October 17, 201620 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2016, 2:46 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2016, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2016, 5:55 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-10-17Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 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
1565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

621 
WWUS73 KICT 171946
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
246 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

KSZ051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-172300-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.161017T1946Z-161017T2300Z/
MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-
KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-
CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...ANTHONY...
HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...
HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
PARSONS
246 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT
  VEHICLES AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING
  DUST.

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
1 follow-up statement
235 
WWUS73 KICT 172255
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

KSZ051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-180000-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161017T2300Z/
MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-
KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-
CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...ANTHONY...
HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...
HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
PARSONS
555 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

$$

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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.