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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

November 19, 20115 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2011, 10:43 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Nov 19, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2011, 10:43 AM CST (16:43 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 19, 2011, 2:57 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties 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, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2011-11-19Temperature 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 2011-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 377 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
459 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.

982 
WWUS73 KEAX 191643
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1043 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011


KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043>045-053-054-192200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0009.111119T1800Z-111119T2200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-
JACKSON-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1043 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES DRIVING ON EAST WEST
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...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.

&&

$$

CDB
1 follow-up statement
681 
WWUS73 KEAX 192057
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
257 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043>045-053-054-192200-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111119T2200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-
JACKSON-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
257 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO THE WEST...AND THEN
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
PEAK WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH...AND WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE INTO THE 20 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING BEHIND THE
FRONT.

$$

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.