Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2016, 9:43 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2016, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 12:25 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
240 WWUS73 KICT 161543 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 943 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 KSZ051>053-068>071-083-092>095-098-099-162100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0004.160216T1543Z-160216T2100Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...SEDAN... CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE 943 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AFTERNOON 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. && $$ JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
554 WWUS73 KICT 161825 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1225 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 KSZ051>053-068>071-083-092>095-098-099-161930- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T2100Z/ MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...SEDAN... CEDAR VALE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE 1225 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:07 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 36 hr |
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.