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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 28, 200837 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2008, 8:02 PM CST for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2008, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 29, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 29, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2008-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 464 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 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 290202
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
802 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-291015-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.080129T1400Z-080130T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
802 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY. 

A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SLAM ACROSS THE REGION EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE
ABRUPTLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT...AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET DURING THE DAY...WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING
TO BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI BY
NIGHTFALL. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF SNOW WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
REGION DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS AS BLOWING
SNOW MAY REDUCE GROUND VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT
TIMES. PERSONS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ALONG
INTERSTATE 35 WHERE CROSS-WINDS WILL BE MAXIMIZED. LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS SHOULD ALSO BE ANCHORED.

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.

$$

BOOKBINDER
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 291001
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
401 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-291815-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.080129T1200Z-080130T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
401 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY MOVE SOUTH
ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST
AND INCREASE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET DURING THE DAY...WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING
TO BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI BY
NIGHTFALL. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STRONG WINDS
WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS...AS BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE
GROUND VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS
SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 35...WHERE
CROSS-WINDS WILL BE MAXIMIZED. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD ALSO BE
ANCHORED.

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.

$$

NRR
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 291752
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1152 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-300000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/
ATCHISON-MIAMI-LINN-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON-
NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...PLEASANTON...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...LANSING...KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
SHAWNEE...LENEXA...TARKIO...ROCK PORT...FAIRFAX...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...KING CITY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...MERCER...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...QUEEN CITY...
GREENTOP...DOWNING...GLENWOOD...MOUND CITY...OREGON...MAITLAND...
FOREST CITY...CRAIG...SAVANNAH...COUNTRY CLUB...CAMERON...
GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...LATHROP...GOWER...
HAMILTON...BRAYMER...POLO...BRECKENRIDGE...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MARCELINE...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...RIVERSIDE...WEATHERBY LAKE...WESTON...GLADSTONE...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...LAWSON...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...BRUNSWICK...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...INDEPENDENCE...
ODESSA...HIGGINSVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...GLASGOW...NEW FRANKLIN...BELTON...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...ADRIAN...RICH HILL...CLINTON...WINDSOR
1152 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 


ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FEED IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS AT TIMES WILL BE OVER 40
MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER MOST OF THE
AREA...WITH WIND CHILLS FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL PROBLEMS...AS BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE GROUND VISIBILITIES
TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 35...WHERE CROSS-WINDS WILL
BE MAXIMIZED.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 300003
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
603 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-300115-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
603 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. THE THREAT OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WINDS
CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO DIMINISH QUICKLY OVER THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

$$

BOOKBINDER

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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.