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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 3, 20078 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2007, 11:53 AM CDT for 8 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 764 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 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -66 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
764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KEAX 031653
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1153 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007


KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-032100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.070403T1653Z-070403T2100Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH
1153 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH
WERE BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH COULD
ALSO OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

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 032058
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
358 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007


KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-032200-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T2100Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH
358 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE RETREATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE INTO
IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRISK LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL WEAKEN EVEN FURTHER OVERNIGHT TO 15 TO 25 MPH.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan40 min
Apr 3, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan23 min
Apr 3, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray41 min
Apr 3, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph46 min
Apr 3, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis, Saline43 min
Apr 3, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson47 min
Apr 3, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry36 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.