Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 23, 2017, 3:18 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 23, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2017, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 23, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 3425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
344 WWUS73 KICT 230818 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 318 AM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 ...Strong gusty northwest winds today... KSZ032-033-047>052-232230- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0021.171023T1500Z-171024T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, and Peabody 318 AM CDT Mon Oct 23 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...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Timing...winds will increase late this morning as a cold front pushes southeast across the area. The strong will continue until this afternoon. * Impacts...Driving will be difficult, especially 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. && $$ Ketcham
1 follow-up statement
178 WWUS73 KICT 232356 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 656 PM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 KSZ032-033-047>052-240100- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-171024T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, and Peabody 656 PM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Northerly winds have diminished well below advisory criteria early this evening. Therefore, the wind advisory has been allowed to expire. $$
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.