Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2018, 7:28 AM CST for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2018, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2018, 7:28 AM CST (13:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2018, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2018, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 2672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
161 WWUS73 KICT 031328 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 728 AM CST Sat Mar 3 2018 KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091>093-040100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0005.180303T1600Z-180304T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- 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, 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 728 AM CST Sat Mar 3 2018 ...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...Around 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Timing...Late this morning into the early evening. * Impacts...Driving may be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on east west roads. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
571 WWUS73 KICT 040048 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 648 PM CST Sat Mar 3 2018 KSZ032-033-047>052-067>069-082-083-091>093-040200- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-180304T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-Sumner-Cowley- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, Wichita, Anthony, Harper, Attica, Wellington, Winfield, and Arkansas City 648 PM CST Sat Mar 3 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... Gusty southerly winds will continue across the area this evening and tonight but speeds will remain below advisory levels. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:23 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Russell | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:23 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Elk, Ellsworth, Greenwood and 12 more | 24 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.