Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 23, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2016, 2:30 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 17, 2016, 11:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2016, 11:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2016, 3:14 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley 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, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 3608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
146 WWUS73 KICT 172030 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 230 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 KSZ032-033-047>051-181030- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0023.161118T0500Z-161118T2200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON 230 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT 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. && $$ KSZ052-053-068>072-083-092>096-098>100-180000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-161118T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY... VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 230 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
525 WWUS73 KICT 172359 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 559 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT... KSZ052-053-068>072-083-092>096-098>100-180100- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-161118T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY... VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 559 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED SOME...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT BLASTS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-181400- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0023.161118T0500Z-161118T2200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON 559 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
189 WWUS73 KICT 180219 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 819 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY... KSZ052-067-068-181630- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0023.161118T0500Z-161118T2200Z/ MARION-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 819 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-181630- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0023.161118T0500Z-161118T2200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON 819 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
307 WWUS73 KICT 180839 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 239 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... KSZ053-069-082-083-091>093-182200- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-161118T2200Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...DERBY... HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 239 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT- WEIGHT 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-182200- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-161118T2200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE... GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 239 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCLUDE DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT- WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
175 WWUS73 KICT 182114 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 314 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-182215- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-161118T2200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- 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...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...DERBY...HAYSVILLE...BEL AIRE... PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 314 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH LATE THIS EVENING. $$ KETCHAM
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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.