Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 6, 2007, 1:26 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2007, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2007, 9:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:03 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Concordia, KS | REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN. DIAMETERS UNKNOWN. ONE TWO FEET DIAMETER TREE ALSO REPORTED SPLIT IN HALF IN CITY PARK. |
| Jun 6, 2:09 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Wakefield, KS | REPORTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN ON OLD 82 HIGHWAY. |
| Jun 6, 2:09 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Clay Center, KS | ONE TREE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN CLAY CENTER. UNKNOWN DIAMETER. |
| Jun 6, 2:09 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Morganville, KS | POWR LINE REPORTED DOWN |
| Jun 6, 2:12 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Minneapolis, KS | POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN |
| Jun 6, 2:18 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Abilene, KS | BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN. DIAMATER UNKNOWN. ONE POWER LINE ALSO REPORTED DOWN JUST WEST OF ABILENE. |
| Jun 6, 2:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Herington, KS | WHOLE TOWN WITHOUT POWER. ALSO SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN IN ABILENE. DIAMETER UNKNOWN. |
| Jun 6, 3:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Solomon, KS | 1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BLOWN OVER. TIME OF OCCURRENCE UNKNOWN. |
| Jun 6, 4:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nnw Chapman, KS | 6 TO 8 INCH LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 6, 5:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 S Washington, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 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 061826 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 126 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL... NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WILL DEEPEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS AND CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-070230- /O.UPG.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.HW.W.0001.070606T1826Z-070607T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 126 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS UPGRADES THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE HOWEVER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AT NOON...A 58 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT BLOSSER FIELD IN CONCORDIA. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS CAN DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA THIS EVENING. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-070230- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 126 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS MAY BE HIGHER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE 35 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE EVENING BUT WILL STILL REMAIN GUSTY. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KTOP 061841 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 141 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL... NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WILL DEEPEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS AND CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-070300- /O.CON.KTOP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 141 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS UPGRADES THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE HOWEVER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AT NOON...A 58 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT BLOSSER FIELD IN CONCORDIA. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS CAN DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA THIS EVENING. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-070300- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 141 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS MAY BE HIGHER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE 35 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE EVENING BUT WILL STILL REMAIN GUSTY. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$
000 WWUS73 KTOP 070248 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 948 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 .A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS BROUGHT STRONG SURFACE WINDS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES UP TO 70 KT OVERNIGHT. THINK THAT AS THIS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES...SURFACE WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OVERNIGHT ALONG THE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS. THEREFORE WILL EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. KSZ008-009-020-034-070800- /O.CAN.KTOP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0800Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA 948 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SURFACE WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ021-035-071100- /O.CAN.KTOP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T1200Z/ CLAY-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 948 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SURFACE WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ026-040-055-056-058-059-070400- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 948 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DECREASED THIS EVENING...AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-036>039-054-071100- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T1200Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...EMPORIA 948 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. SURFACE WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.