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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 1, 20087 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2008, 11:56 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2008, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2008, 3:12 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 621 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-734 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
511 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 011656
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1156 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020-021-028-029-037-043-053-012300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0009.080501T1700Z-080501T2300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
1156 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL BE
OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND INTO ADJACENT
AREAS OF WESTERN MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY AND ST
JOSEPH AREAS.

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.

$$

PC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KEAX 012012
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
312 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020-021-028-029-037-043-053-012115-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080501T2300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
312 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS ADVISORY
CRITERIA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...THEY WILL REMAIN GUSTY OUT OF
THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

$$

PC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte33 min
May 1, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, Platte33 min
May 1, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte25 min
May 1, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb45 min
May 1, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, Platte33 min
May 1, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte34 min
May 1, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, Platte33 min
May 1, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami44 min

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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.