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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 25, 20119 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT for 9 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 25, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2011-10-25Temperature 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 2011-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
3458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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.

049 
WWUS73 KEAX 250846
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
346 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-251700-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.111025T1200Z-111025T1700Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-
CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
346 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CDT
TODAY...

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

* TIMING: VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF WEST
  CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...
  AND THEN GRADUALLY SLACKEN IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A
  FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILED VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS.


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
2 follow-up statements
900 
WWUS73 KEAX 251645
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-252000-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111025T2000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-
CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1145 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
  MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON
  HOURS...BEFORE WEAKENING PRIOR TO SUNSET.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A
  FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILED VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS
  INTERSTATE 70. 

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.

&&

$$

21
439 
WWUS73 KEAX 252000
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
300 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011


KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-252100-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111025T2000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-
CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
300 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WIND SPEEDS WERE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
HOWEVER...SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. 

$$

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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.