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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

June 17, 20115 counties in Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 W Americus, KSTREE DOWN ALONG 240 RD WEST OF AMERICUS. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 17, 1:50 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 E Herington, KSREPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN AND CHILDS PLAYSET BLOWN OVER. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 17, 1:50 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG4 Nne Council Grove, KSREPORTS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 404 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 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa55 min
Jun 16, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa64 min
Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson63 min
Jun 16, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha26 min
Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha33 min
Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown31 min
Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson30 min
Jun 17, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson47 min
Jun 17, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris38 min
Jun 17, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage, Wabaunsee41 min
Jun 17, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey, Lyon, Morris49 min
Jun 17, 5:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMorris2 hr
Jun 17, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon31 min
Jun 17, 5:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage113 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.