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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 2, 201127 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 8:52 PM CDT for 27 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2011, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 33 counties

Atchison County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2011-04-03Temperature 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 2011-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
581 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.

823 
WWUS73 KEAX 030152
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
852 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY...

.A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON SUNDAY...BRINGING
WITH IT SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS. BY THE MIDDLE TO LATE MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH OCCASIONAL WIND
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AS THE FRONT PASSES...TURNING BACK TO
THE NORTHWEST.

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-
031100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.110403T1400Z-110404T0000Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
852 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* LOCATION...AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL
  MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KANSAS
  CITY...PAOLA...BUTLER...SEDALIA...CLINTON...MOBERLY...CARROLLTON...AND
  RICHMOND.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY DAYBREAK...WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9AM AND 4PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
  DIMINISH AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH
  GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST WEST
  ROADWAYS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON SUNDAY. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE
  OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AWAY AND SHOULD BE TIED
  DOWN BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE.


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.

&&

$$

DUX
3 follow-up statements
980 
WWUS73 KEAX 030903
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
403 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE GUSTY
CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

KSZ025-MOZ013>017-020-031715-
/O.EXB.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.110403T1300Z-110404T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH
403 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL 
  MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...PAOLA...
  BUTLER... SEDALIA...CLINTON...MOBERLY...CARROLLTON...AND 
  RICHMOND. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY DAYBREAK...WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9AM AND 4PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
  DIMINISH AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA EARLY IN THE EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH
  GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE 
  TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON 
  SUNDAY. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN EASILY 
  BE BLOWN AWAY AND SHOULD BE TIED DOWN BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO 
  INCREASE. 

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.

&&

$$

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-
031715-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.110403T1300Z-110404T0100Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
403 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL 
  MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...PAOLA...
  BUTLER... SEDALIA...CLINTON...MOBERLY...CARROLLTON...AND 
  RICHMOND. 

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY DAYBREAK...WITH
  THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9AM AND 4PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN
  TO DIMINISH AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY 
  WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE 
  TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON 
  SUNDAY. ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN EASILY 
  BE BLOWN AWAY AND SHOULD BE TIED DOWN BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO 
  INCREASE. 

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.

&&

$$

HAWBLITZEL
596 
WWUS73 KEAX 031516
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1016 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE GUSTY
CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ013>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-
053-054-032315-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110404T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1016 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS...CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
  MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST. JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE
  LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...
  CHILLICOTHE...PAOLA...BUTLER...SEDALIA...CLINTON...MOBERLY...
  CARROLLTON...AND RICHMOND.

* AS OF LATE SUNDAY MORNING....SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE ALREADY BEING OBSERVED ACROSS ALL BUT
  FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE SKIES WERE CLOUDY. STRONG WINDS OF 25
  TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE SKIES
  ARE SUNNY.

* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. INTERSTATE 29 AND 70 AND THE
  435 LOOP WILL BE BUFFETED BY STRONG CROSS WINDS.
  ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN EASILY BE BLOWN
  AWAY AND SHOULD BE TIED DOWN.

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.

&&

$$

BOOKBINDER
100 
WWUS73 KEAX 032124
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
424 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ013>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-
053-054-040100-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110404T0100Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
424 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS...CENTRAL AND 
  NORTHWEST MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST. JOSEPH 
  TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN 
  AREA... CHILLICOTHE...PAOLA...BUTLER...SEDALIA...CLINTON... 
  MOBERLY... CARROLLTON...AND RICHMOND. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH CONTINUED
  ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS OF 4 PM AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
  SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL A COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. INTERSTATE 29 AND 70 AND THE
  435 LOOP WILL BE BUFFETED BY STRONG CROSS WINDS.
  ADDITIONALLY...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN EASILY BE BLOWN
  AWAY AND SHOULD BE TIED DOWN.

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.

&&

$$

BOOKBINDER

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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.