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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 10, 201137 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2011, 3:35 AM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2011, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2011, 6:50 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison 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, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2011-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1041 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 2011-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

226 
WWUS73 KEAX 100835
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
335 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028>031-037-038-
043-101645-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.110410T1500Z-110411T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL
335 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY
  BECOMING STRONGER BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40
  TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY
  THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


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.

&&

$$

DEROCHE
3 follow-up statements
549 
WWUS73 KEAX 101508
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1008 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

MOZ025-032-033-039-040-044>046-053-054-110000-
/O.EXA.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-
BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1008 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
  TODAY...BECOMING STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 
  OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO 
  DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

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.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028>031-037-038-
043-110000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL
1008 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
  TODAY...BECOMING STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 
  OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO 
  DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

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.

&&

$$

CUTTER
760 
WWUS73 KEAX 102035
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
335 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-110000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-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...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...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
335 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  DECREASING EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40
  TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

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
599 
WWUS73 KEAX 102350
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
650 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-110100-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-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...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...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
650 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDTRed Flag WarningEAXAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 10 more15 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2011Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011

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.