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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Topeka, KS

January 7, 201123 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2011, 7:55 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2011, 7:55 AM CST (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2011, 4:58 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties

Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2011-01-07Temperature 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 2011-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -95 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 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.

909 
WWUS73 KTOP 071355
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
755 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-080000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0001.110107T1355Z-110108T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
755 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
  TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY SUNSET.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
469 
WWUS73 KTOP 072258
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
458 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED AT 5PM...

.STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
HOURS. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE EVENING HOURS.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-080000-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
458 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. GUSTY WINDS
AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE EVENING THEN EXPECT 10 MPH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.

$$

JL

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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.