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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2021, 1:22 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2021, 1:22 PM CST (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2021, 5:36 PM CST
- 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
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 3406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
956 WWUS73 KICT 231922 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 122 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-240000- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0019.211123T1922Z-211124T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Rice- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Lyons, and Sterling 122 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Russell, Lincoln, Barton, Ellsworth and Rice Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Small 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
843 WWUS73 KICT 232336 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 536 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-240045- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-211124T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Rice- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Lyons, and Sterling 536 PM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have decreased below advisory levels, therefore the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 1:21 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 4 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.