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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 29, 2011Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2011, 3:24 AM CDT for Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2011, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2011-04-29Temperature 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 2011-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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.

393 
WWUS73 KEAX 290824
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
324 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN WESTERN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA WITH
HIGH PRESSURE OVER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH
WINDS IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI
STARTING LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-291630-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0005.110429T1600Z-110430T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
324 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION
  WHILE DRIVING...PARTICULARLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS.


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
3 follow-up statements
088 
WWUS73 KEAX 291740
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1240 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

.A RIBBON OF VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM OKLAHOMA THROUGH
NEBRASKA HAS FORMED EAST OF AN AREA OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER
WESTERN KANSAS. THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT EAST INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST
KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-300000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110430T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
1240 PM CDT FRI APR 29 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: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

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

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION WHILE 
  DRIVING...PARTICULARLY ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

MJ
289 
WWUS73 KEAX 292058
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
358 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...

.A RIBBON OF VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH AT
TIMES FROM OKLAHOMA THROUGH NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-300000-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110430T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
358 PM CDT FRI APR 29 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: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM NOW INTO EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
  MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION WHILE 
  DRIVING...PARTICULARLY ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

MJ
416 
WWUS73 KEAX 292358
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
658 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011


KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-300100-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110430T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
658 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WHILE WINDS REMAIN BRISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

DEROCHE

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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.