Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2016, 3:09 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2016, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 20:11 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, 8.2 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
- 2864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
308 WWUS73 KICT 142009 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 309 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016 KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091-092-150930- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0009.160315T1700Z-160316T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-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...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON 309 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...MIDDAY UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AVOID ANY OUTDOOR BURNING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
892 WWUS73 KICT 150808 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 308 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... KSZ053-093-151615- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0009.160315T1700Z-160316T0000Z/ CHASE-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 308 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091-092-151615- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0009.160315T1700Z-160316T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-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...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON 308 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AVOID ANY OUTDOOR BURNING. 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. && $$
367 WWUS73 KICT 152033 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 333 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-160000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 333 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AVOID ANY OUTDOOR BURNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAWSON
186 WWUS73 KICT 160015 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 715 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-160115- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/ 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 715 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:02 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 28 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.