Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 5, 2008, 3:02 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 5, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2008, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 7:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties
Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KTOP 050802 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 302 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO NEBRASKA BY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE AREA. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-051700- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.080605T1500Z-080606T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 302 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING AND WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-051700- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.080605T1500Z-080606T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 302 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY SUNSET AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KTOP 051608 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1108 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO NEBRASKA BY THIS EVENING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE AREA. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-060000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 1108 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-060015- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1108 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY SUNSET AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$
000 WWUS73 KTOP 051701 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1201 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO NEBRASKA BY THIS EVENING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE AREA. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-060000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 1201 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-060300- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1201 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY SUNSET AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$
000 WWUS73 KTOP 052107 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 407 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-060000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 407 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY 7 PM...HOWEVER STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-060300- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 407 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. $$
000 WWUS73 KTOP 060022 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 722 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-060130- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 722 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-060130- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 722 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND SPEED HAVE DIMINISHED AND ARE NO LONGER BLOWING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WOLTERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 4 days |
| Jun 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa, Riley | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 46 min |
Nearby
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.