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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS

February 24, 20076 counties in Kansas

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -99 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

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.