The National Weather Service Wichita, Kansas (NWS Wichita) is a local weather forecast office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 26 counties in central, south-central, and southeastern Kansas, including the Wichita Metropolitan Area and Salina, Kansas.[1]
Wichita, Kansas Weather Forecast Office
The Wichita, Kansas National Weather Service office.
The Army Signal Service established a federal weather office in the region on June 13, 1888.[2] On April 1, 1930, the Wichita Municipal Airport (currently McConnell Air Force Base) weather office opened. Pilot Balloons were sent at 5:30 am and pm each day, and from April 1, 1930, to November 29, 1940, there were two Weather Bureau Offices in Wichita.[2]
Present dayedit
The current National Weather Service Wichita is located at 2142 S. Tyler Road in the southwestern part of Wichita, near Eisenhower Airport, and is in charge of issuing local forecasts and weather warnings for central, south central, and southeastern Kansas.[2] It is one of four National Weather Service offices located in Kansas and one of seven that serve the state.[1] In the event that the office becomes temporarily unable to perform its duties, NWS Wichita's primary backup office (the office that would take over until NWS Wichita was able to resume service) is the National Weather Service office in Topeka, Kansas, with the secondary backup office being the National Weather Service office in Dodge City, Kansas.[3]
NOAA Weather Radioedit
NWS Wichita operates six NOAA Weather Radio transmitters to serve Central, South-Central and Southeast Kansas:
national, weather, service, wichita, kansas, wichita, local, weather, forecast, office, national, weather, service, responsible, monitoring, weather, conditions, counties, central, south, central, southeastern, kansas, including, wichita, metropolitan, area, s. The National Weather Service Wichita Kansas NWS Wichita is a local weather forecast office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 26 counties in central south central and southeastern Kansas including the Wichita Metropolitan Area and Salina Kansas 1 Wichita Kansas Weather Forecast OfficeThe Wichita Kansas National Weather Service office Agency overviewJurisdictionFederal Government of the United StatesHeadquarters2142 S Tyler Road Wichita KS37 39 17 7 N 97 26 36 1 W 37 654917 N 97 443361 W 37 654917 97 443361Employees23Agency executivesSuzanne Fortin Meteorologist in ChargeChance Hayes Warning Coordination MeteorologistParent agencyNational Weather ServiceMapLocation of the National Weather Service Wichita Kansas and its county warning area Contents 1 History 1 1 Present day 2 NOAA Weather Radio 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Army Signal Service established a federal weather office in the region on June 13 1888 2 On April 1 1930 the Wichita Municipal Airport currently McConnell Air Force Base weather office opened Pilot Balloons were sent at 5 30 am and pm each day and from April 1 1930 to November 29 1940 there were two Weather Bureau Offices in Wichita 2 Present day edit The current National Weather Service Wichita is located at 2142 S Tyler Road in the southwestern part of Wichita near Eisenhower Airport and is in charge of issuing local forecasts and weather warnings for central south central and southeastern Kansas 2 It is one of four National Weather Service offices located in Kansas and one of seven that serve the state 1 In the event that the office becomes temporarily unable to perform its duties NWS Wichita s primary backup office the office that would take over until NWS Wichita was able to resume service is the National Weather Service office in Topeka Kansas with the secondary backup office being the National Weather Service office in Dodge City Kansas 3 NOAA Weather Radio editNWS Wichita operates six NOAA Weather Radio transmitters to serve Central South Central and Southeast Kansas KEC59 which broadcasts from Wichita on the frequency of 162 550 MHz serves the following counties either wholly or in part Butler Cowley Harper Harvey Kingman McPherson Reno Sedgwick and Sumner WXK95 which broadcasts from Erie on the frequency of 162 400 MHz serves the following counties Allen Labette Montgomery Neosho Wilson Woodson Bourbon Cherokee and Crawford WXK92 which broadcasts from Ellsworth on the frequency of 162 400 MHz serves the following counties Barton Ellsworth Lincoln McPherson Rice Russell and Saline WWH22 which broadcasts from Beaumont on the frequency of 162 500 MHz serves the following counties either wholly or in part Butler Chase Chautauqua Cowley Elk Greenwood and Woodson WZ2511 which broadcasts from Sharon on the frequency of 162 400 MHz serves the following counties In Kansas Harper Kingman Reno Barber Pratt and Stafford In Oklahoma Alfalfa Grant and Woods KPS511 which broadcasts from Great Bend on the frequency of 162 500 MHz serves the following counties Barton Ellsworth Reno Rice Russell Pawnee Rush and Stafford N B Counties marked with a are outside the Wichita WFO s County Warning Area References edit a b National Weather Service 2009 06 26 NWS Wichita Mission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Retrieved 2010 02 10 a b c National Weather Service 2009 05 28 NWS Wichita History National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Retrieved 2010 02 10 Backup Plan for Central Region Offices PDF National Weather Service 2008 12 30 Retrieved 2011 08 25 External links editOfficial NWS Wichita Website NWS Wichita s official Facebook page nbsp This United States government related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This meteorology related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Weather Service Wichita Kansas amp oldid 1194137976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
