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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Wichita, KS

September 20, 20216 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 20, 2021, 3:32 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 20, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2021, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 20, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 20, 2021, 2:54 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

004 
WWUS73 KICT 200832
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Wichita KS
332 AM CDT Mon Sep 20 2021

KSZ032-033-047>050-202245-
/O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0015.210920T1600Z-210921T0000Z/
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-
Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, 
Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, and Sterling
332 AM CDT Mon Sep 20 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph expected, with gusts as high
  as 45 mph.

* WHERE...Russell, Lincoln, Barton, Ellsworth, Saline and Rice 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
583 
WWUS73 KICT 201954
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Wichita KS
254 PM CDT Mon Sep 20 2021

KSZ032-033-047>050-202100-
/O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-210921T0000Z/
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-
Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, 
Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, and Sterling
254 PM CDT Mon Sep 20 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

North winds of 20 to 30 mph are still possible for the next few
hours, but the surface winds will slowly diminish tonight. 

$$

Ketcham

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTAllen34 min
Sep 20, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTNeosho43 min
Sep 20, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho39 min

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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.