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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2016, 2:48 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2016, 2:48 AM CST (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 3159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
602 WWUS73 KICT 070848 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 248 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-080100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0008.160307T1700Z-160308T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... ATTICA...WELLINGTON 248 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS-WIND EFFECTS ARE LIKELY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATE 70. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY GRASSLANDS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
401 WWUS73 KICT 071735 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1135 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-080100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160308T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... ATTICA...WELLINGTON 1135 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS-WIND EFFECTS ARE LIKELY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATE 70. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY GRASSLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
125 WWUS73 KICT 072200 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-080100- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160308T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... ATTICA...WELLINGTON 400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS-WIND EFFECTS ARE LIKELY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATE 70. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY GRASSLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR 45 TO 57 MPH GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTOR CYCLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ES
142 WWUS73 KICT 080100 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 KSZ032-033-047>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-080200- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160308T0100Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... ATTICA...WELLINGTON 700 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIND SHIFT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE WINDS. $$ 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.