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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS

September 28, 2005Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 28, 2005, 4:06 AM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 28, 2005, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2005, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 28, 2005, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 28, 2005, 2:11 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KTOP 280906
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
406 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2005

KSZ008-020-034-281715-
/X.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.050928T1300Z-050928T2000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
406 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
TODAY. NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...
CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING
ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS.

$$

WOLTERS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS73 KTOP 281911
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
211 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED..

.ALTHOUGH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...THEY WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

KSZ008-020-034-282015-
/X.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-050928T2000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
211 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE NORTH WINDS
WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE
SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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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.