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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2021, 2:24 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2021, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 174 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
- 2447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
685 WWUS73 KICT 011924 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 224 PM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-020930- /O.NEW.KICT.WI.Y.0008.210402T1500Z-210403T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Reno- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, and Hutchinson 224 PM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Russell, Lincoln, Barton, Ellsworth, Saline, Rice, McPherson and Reno Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * 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. && $$ Butler
2 follow-up statements
443 WWUS73 KICT 020811 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 311 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-022215- /O.CON.KICT.WI.Y.0008.210402T1500Z-210403T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Reno- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, and Hutchinson 311 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Russell, Lincoln, Barton, Ellsworth, Saline, Rice, McPherson and Reno Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
570 WWUS73 KICT 022356 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 656 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-030100- /O.EXP.KICT.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210403T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Reno- Including the cities of Russell, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Wilson, Salina, Lyons, Sterling, McPherson, and Hutchinson 656 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Winds have diminished over the past hour. Winds are now below advisory criteria and as such, the advisory will be allowed to expire. Gusty winds up to 25 mph are still possible for another few hours before diminishing completely after 9PM. $$ Metzger
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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.