Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 37 min |
Nearby
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.