Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this high wind warning at Jun 17, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Americus, KS | TREE DOWN ALONG 240 RD WEST OF AMERICUS. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jun 17, 1:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Herington, KS | REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN AND CHILDS PLAYSET BLOWN OVER. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jun 17, 1:50 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Council Grove, KS | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND POWERPOLE DOWN ALONG 400 RD. DELAYED REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WWUS73 KTOP 170554 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1254 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 KSZ036>038-054-170700- /O.NEW.KTOP.HW.W.0002.110617T0554Z-110617T0700Z/ GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 1254 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH MORRIS...GEARY...WABAUNSEE AND LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 2AM. * WINDS...WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXPECT LOFTING OF LOOSE OBJECTS AND AREAS OF TREE DAMAGE AS THE WINDS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WINDS ARE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
696 WWUS73 KTOP 170603 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 103 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 KSZ035-170715- /O.EXA.KTOP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110617T0700Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ABILENE 103 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH MORRIS...GEARY... WABAUNSEE AND LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 2AM. * WINDS...WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXPECT LOFTING OF LOOSE OBJECTS AND AREAS OF TREE DAMAGE AS THE WINDS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WINDS ARE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ KSZ036>038-054-170715- /O.CON.KTOP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110617T0700Z/ GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 103 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH MORRIS...GEARY... WABAUNSEE AND LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 2AM. * WINDS...WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXPECT LOFTING OF LOOSE OBJECTS AND AREAS OF TREE DAMAGE AS THE WINDS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WINDS ARE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
311 WWUS73 KTOP 170650 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 150 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 KSZ035>038-054-170800- /O.EXP.KTOP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110617T0700Z/ DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 150 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES THE AREA OF STRONG WINDS ARE WEAKENING...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TOP 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA OF SHOWERS PASS...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM ALMA TO EMPORIA AND POINTS NORTHEASTWARD. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage, Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Morris | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Morris | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 5:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 113 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every high wind warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.