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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Topeka, KS

May 4, 201112 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2011, 12:35 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2011, 12:35 PM CDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2011-05-04Temperature 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 2011-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 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
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 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.

405 
WWUS73 KTOP 041735
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1235 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

.A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FORM OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BRINGING STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

KSZ008>011-020>023-034>037-050000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0010.110504T1735Z-110505T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...
MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
1235 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND 
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH 7 PM. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER 7
PM BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNSET. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40
MPH THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON
EAST WEST THOROUGHFARES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
029 
WWUS73 KTOP 042051
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
351 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

.A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS FORMED OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40
MPH THROUGH AROUND 7 PM.

KSZ008>011-020>023-034>037-050000-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110505T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...
MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
351 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING SOUTHWEST WINDS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
AROUND 7 PM BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AFTER SUNSET. TRAVEL
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON EAST WEST
THOROUGHFARES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
191 
WWUS73 KTOP 042348
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
648 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011



KSZ008>011-020>023-034>037-050100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110505T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...
MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
648 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DECREASING BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

$$

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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.