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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 15, 200816 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT for 16 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 21 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2008-04-15Temperature 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 2008-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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 150856
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
356 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...INTENSIFYING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE MORNING WITH VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS BY THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-151700-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.080415T1700Z-080416T0200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-
NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
356 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

A SOUTHERLY WIND WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS
EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. BY EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE WINDS AROUND
30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. AREAS
AFFECTED BY THE STRONGEST OF THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE
WEST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO BETHANY. 

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.

$$

CUTTER
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 151614
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1114 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-160000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.080415T1700Z-080416T0200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-
NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
1114 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE STRONG WINDS
ARE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO BETHANY...GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF I-35. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
SOMEWHAT BY LATE EVENING...HOWEVER SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND
HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

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 152044
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
344 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-160200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-
NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
344 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

A SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WIND BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45
MPH AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AREAS ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO BETHANY...OR GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF I-35 WILL EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY. BY LATE THIS EVENING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY WEAKEN. HOWEVER A SOUTH WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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. IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES AND ALL MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED
ROADWAYS...SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

DUX
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 160153
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
853 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008


KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-160300-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-
NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
853 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT WITH THE SOUTH WINDS IN THE 15 TO
25 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS STILL ABOVE 30 MPH AT TIMES.

$$

PC

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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.