Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2021, 6:04 AM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2021, 6:04 AM CDT (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2021, 4:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood 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, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
938 WWUS73 KICT 211104 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 604 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-212300- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0006.210321T1104Z-210321T2300Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick- 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, and Wichita 604 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of Central and South Central Kansas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
3 follow-up statements
484 WWUS73 KICT 211343 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 843 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ070-071-212300- /O.EXA.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T2300Z/ Greenwood-Woodson- Including the cities of Eureka, Madison, and Yates Center 843 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Greenwood and Woodson Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-211700- /O.EXT.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T1700Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, and Great Bend 843 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of Central and South Central Kansas. * WHEN...Until noon CDT today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ KSZ048>053-067>069-082-083-212300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T2300Z/ Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler- Kingman-Sedgwick- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, and Wichita 843 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of Central and South Central Kansas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
015 WWUS73 KICT 211708 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 1208 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ032-033-047-211815- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T1700Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, and Great Bend 1208 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... South to southwest winds will diminish early this afternoon and become northerly. Therefore the wind advisory has been allowed to expire. $$ KSZ048>053-067>071-082-083-212300- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T2300Z/ Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler- Greenwood-Woodson-Kingman-Sedgwick- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Eureka, Madison, Yates Center, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, and Wichita 1208 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of Central and South Central Kansas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
296 WWUS73 KICT 212158 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 458 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ048>053-067>071-082-083-212300- /O.CAN.KICT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T2300Z/ Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler- Greenwood-Woodson-Kingman-Sedgwick- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody, Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Eureka, Madison, Yates Center, Kingman, Derby, Haysville, Bel Aire, Park City, Valley Center, and Wichita 458 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds will continue to subside as we move through the evening hours. $$
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.