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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 20064 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 15, 2006, 3:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 15, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2006, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 15, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 15, 2006, 8:22 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

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

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-372 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 150850
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
350 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. THIS WILL
CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUSE STRONG
SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP.

KSZ008-009-020-034-151700-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.060615T1700Z-060616T0300Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
350 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND
SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KTOP 151839
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
139 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE PLAINS STATES TODAY.
STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE
DAY.

KSZ008-009-020-034-160300-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060616T0300Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
139 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KTOP 160122
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
822 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2006


KSZ008-009-020-034-160230-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060616T0300Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
822 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES.

$$

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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.