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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

May 9, 2008Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this high wind warning at May 9, 2008, 1:55 AM CDT for Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It took effect at May 9, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2008, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2008, 3:01 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2008-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 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 2008-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 090655
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
155 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008


KSZ038-039-090900-
/O.NEW.KTOP.HW.W.0002.080509T0700Z-080509T0900Z/
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPEKA
155 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF RAINFALL
MOVING ACROSS WABAUNSEE AND SHAWNEE COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH ARE DESCENDING THROUGH THE RAIN TOWARDS THE SURFACE. WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGE.

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY

$$

WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KTOP 090713
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
213 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

KSZ038-039-090900-
/O.CON.KTOP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080509T0900Z/
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPEKA
213 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE AND SHAWNEE
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLY DESCENDING
THROUGH THE RAIN TOWARDS THE SURFACE. SOME AREAS THAT COULD BE
IMPACTED INCLUDE ESKRIDGE... DOVER...AUBURN...WILLARD AND TOPEKA.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND ALSO CAUSE
PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

WOLTERS
000 
WWUS73 KTOP 090801
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
301 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

KSZ038-039-090915-
/O.CAN.KTOP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080509T0900Z/
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPEKA
301 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF THE WIND SPEED HAVE DECREASED AND NO
LONGER INDICATE DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AS THE LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY
MOVES EAST.

$$

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.