Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2007, 10:06 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2007, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- 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 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 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 250406 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1006 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-251200- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.070225T0406Z-070225T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 1006 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNRISE. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KTOP 250952 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 352 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-251200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 352 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WITH SPEEDS NEAR 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SHOULD FALL BELOW 30 MPH BY SUNRISE. HOWEVER WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS...AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION. $$ WOLTERS
000 WWUS73 KTOP 251144 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 544 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-251245- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 544 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH. $$ WOLTERS
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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.