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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
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 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.
- 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
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. && $$ KETCHAM
1 follow-up statement
235 WWUS73 KICT 172255 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 555 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 KSZ051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-180000- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161017T2300Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE... BEL AIRE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 555 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
Nearby
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.