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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS

November 12, 200518 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2005, 12:45 PM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2005, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 33 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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 121845
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1245 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...STORM SYSTEM BRINGING STRONG WINDS...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA WILL BRING STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON. GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. 

KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-130000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.051112T1845Z-051113T0000Z/
MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...
ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
1245 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45
MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. BY EARLY
EVENING AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY...THE SPEEDS SHOULD
DIMINISH RAPIDLY.

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE
TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KTOP 122354
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
554 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005


KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-130100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051113T0000Z/
MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...
ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
554 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING THUS THE WIND ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.