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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 7, 201114 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2011, 8:10 AM CST for 14 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2011, 8:10 AM CST (14:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2011, 7:00 PM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 21 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2011-01-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -95 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
1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 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.

446 
WWUS73 KEAX 071410
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
810 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI TODAY.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043-
053-072215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0001.110107T1410Z-110108T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
810 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 


* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN EASILY
  BE BLOWN AWAY WITH THESE STRONG WINDS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

CDB
2 follow-up statements
778 
WWUS73 KEAX 071912
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
112 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS
STRONGER WINDS ALOFT CONTINUE TO WORK TO THE SURFACE. WINDS WILL
OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 45 MPH ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI. 

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043-
053-080000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
112 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

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

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

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST AS
  HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT 
  OBJECTS CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY WITH THESE STRONG WINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

CDB
792 
WWUS73 KEAX 080047
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
647 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043-
053-080200-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
647 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

GUSTY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY 
DIMINISH ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

EB

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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.