Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 11, 2017, 3:45 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 11, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2017, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 11, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:51 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 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 3063 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
594 WWUS73 KICT 110845 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 345 AM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...Strong South Winds To Occur Across Most of Kansas Today... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-112245- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0015.170611T1500Z-170612T0000Z/ 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, and Arkansas City 345 AM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service In Wichita has issued a Wind Advisory which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 40 mph. * Impacts...Travel will be difficult, especially on east/west oriented highways such as I-70 and Highway 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds from 30 to 39 mph and or gusts from 45 to 57 mph are likely. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles and motor cycles. Be alert for strong cross winds. && $$ ES
3 follow-up statements
579 WWUS73 KICT 111652 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 1152 AM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...Strong South Winds To Occur Across Most of Kansas Today... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-120000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170612T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-Sumner-Cowley- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, Wichita, Anthony, Harper, Attica, Wellington, Winfield, and Arkansas City 1152 AM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * Winds...south 25 to 30 mph with gusts 45 to 50 mph. * Impacts...Travel will be difficult, especially on east/west oriented highways such as I-70 and Highway 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds from 30 to 39 mph and or gusts from 45 to 57 mph are likely. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles and motor cycles. Be alert for strong cross winds. && $$
239 WWUS73 KICT 112029 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 329 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...Strong South Winds To Occur Across Most of Kansas Today... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-120000- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170612T0000Z/ 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, and Arkansas City 329 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * Winds...south 25 to 30 mph with gusts 45 to 50 mph. * Impacts...Travel will be difficult, especially on east/west oriented highways such as I-70 and Highway 400. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds from 30 to 39 mph and or gusts from 45 to 57 mph are likely. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles and motor cycles. Be alert for strong cross winds. && $$ KRC
757 WWUS73 KICT 120001 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 701 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-120115- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170612T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-Sumner-Cowley- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, Wichita, Anthony, Harper, Attica, Wellington, Winfield, and Arkansas City 701 PM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... While south winds will remain rather breezy through the evening, most locations should remain below wind advisory criteria. $$
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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.