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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 2, 200620 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2006, 1:21 PM CDT for 20 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2006, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 6:29 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 27 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2006-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 407 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
468 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KEAX 021821
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
121 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...

.A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI
THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT AS IT
SWEEPS THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028>030-037>040-
043>046-053-054-030100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.060402T2000Z-060403T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
121 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KANSAS
CITY...SAINT JOSEPH...MARYVILLE...PAOLA...HARRISONVILLE...
WARRENSBURG...AND SEDALIA...
 
WEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 MPH AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON
OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY 
8 PM THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 40 MPH...OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 022115
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
415 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...

.A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD
FRONT AS IT SWEEPS THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028>030-037>040-
043>046-053-054-030100-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
415 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SAINT JOSEPH...MARYVILLE...KANSAS CITY...WARRENSBURG...AND SEDALIA...

AS OF 4 PM...SUSTAINED WINDS HAD INCREASED TO 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE
KANSAS CITY...PAOLA...AND OLATHE AREAS. GUSTS HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 
40 MPH ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM KANSAS CITY TO SEDALIA.

WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM AS
A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE OF MISSOURI. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AND GUSTS WILL FALL BELOW 40 MPH
AFTER 8 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 40 MPH...OR WHEN GUSTS WILL EXCEED 45 MPH. WINDS OF THIS
STRENGTH MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS.
MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 022329
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
629 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028>030-037>040-
043>046-053-054-030030-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060403T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
629 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
ALTHOUGH THEY WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THE REST OF THE EVENING HORUS.

$$

PC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte30 min
Apr 2, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan42 min
Apr 2, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph51 min
Apr 2, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Schuyler38 min
Apr 2, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon28 min

Nearby

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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.