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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Topeka, KS

April 7, 20069 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2006, 3:42 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2006, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2006-04-07Temperature 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 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 072042
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
342 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

.AS AN UPPER SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...BRISK NORTH
WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-080100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.060407T2100Z-060408T0100Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...
ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
342 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
COUNCIL GROVE TO MARYSVILLE LINE. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE
THE CITIES OF CONCORDIA...ABILENE...COUNCIL GROVE...JUNCTION CITY
AND MANHATTAN.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha37 min

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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.