Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2017, 2:45 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2017, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 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 20:45 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, 8.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
059 WWUS73 KICT 042045 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 245 PM CST Sat Mar 4 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-050100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0004.170304T2045Z-170305T0100Z/ 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 245 PM CST Sat Mar 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service In Wichita has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 7 PM CST this evening. * Winds...south 25 to 35 mph with gust around 40 mph. * Timing...winds will diminish around 7 pm. * Impacts...drivers of high profile vehicles will need to excercise caution. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
971 WWUS73 KICT 050059 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 659 PM CST Sat Mar 4 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-050200- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170305T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-Sumner-Cowley- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, Wichita, Anthony, Harper, Attica, Wellington, Winfield, and Arkansas City 659 PM CST Sat Mar 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... SOUTH WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE HOURS BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:01 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 25 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:01 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 10 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 16 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.