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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2021, 10:12 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2021, 10:12 AM CST (16:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties 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, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 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 (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
342 WWUS73 KICT 191612 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 1012 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 KSZ033-048>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-192100- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0018.211119T1612Z-211119T2100Z/ Lincoln-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-Reno-Harvey- Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-Sumner-Cowley- Including the cities of Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, 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 1012 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Portions of Central and South Central Kansas. * WHEN...Until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
314 WWUS73 KICT 192054 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 254 PM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 KSZ033-048>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-192200- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-211119T2100Z/ Lincoln-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-Reno-Harvey- Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-Sumner-Cowley- Including the cities of Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, Wichita, Anthony, Harper, Attica, Wellington, Winfield, and Arkansas City 254 PM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... South winds will remain gusty into the late afternoon, though sustained speeds are expected to drop below 30 mph with gusts less than 45 mph. Therefore the wind advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ KED
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.