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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2016, 3:08 PM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
487 WWUS73 KICT 072108 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 308 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-081115- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 308 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * WINDS...OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE MID-MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-081115- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER... IOLA...HUMBOLDT...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 308 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * WINDS...OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
876 WWUS73 KICT 080053 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 653 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-081500- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T0100Z/ /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 653 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-081500- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER... IOLA...HUMBOLDT...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA... NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 653 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
505 WWUS73 KICT 080914 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 314 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-082315- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0003.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 314 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ KETCHAM
531 WWUS73 KICT 082351 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 551 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-090100- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 551 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH 20 TO 25 MPH WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Harvey and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 9 more | 16 hr |
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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.