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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 31, 200719 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2007, 1:04 PM CDT for 19 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2007, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 26 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, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2007-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2007-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 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 KEAX 311804
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
104 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-004-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-
038-043-044-053-054-312300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.070331T1804Z-070331T2300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...ALBANY...STANBERRY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...
CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
104 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS ARE QUICKLY INCREASING BEHIND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSING THE
KANSAS MISSOURI BORDER. AMPLE SUNSHINE HAS ALLOWED MUCH STRONGER
WINDS LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE GROUND TO TRANSLATE DOWN
TO THE SURFACE. MORE CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON CAUSING WIND SPEED TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...HOWEVER STILL REMAIN QUITE BREEZY.

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.

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 312347
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
645 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-004-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-
038-043-044-053-054-010000-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.070331T1804Z-070401T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...ALBANY...STANBERRY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...
CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
645 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN MISSOURI 
AND FAR EASTERN KANSAS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AVERAGING 
BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. 

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston, Mercer36 min
Mar 30, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami37 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.