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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wichita, KS

January 10, 20176 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 1:55 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2017, 1:55 AM CST (07:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2017, 7:35 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 542 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
542 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

346 
WWUS73 KICT 100755
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
155 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-101500-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0003.170110T0755Z-170110T1500Z/
WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...
NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
PARSONS
155 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  AROUND 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON
  EAST/WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR
GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

ES
1 follow-up statement
118 
WWUS73 KICT 101335
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-101445-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170110T1500Z/
WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...
NEODESHA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
PARSONS
735 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

WITH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAVING DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25
MPH...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS ISSUED AT 155 AM CST HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

ES

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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.