Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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. $$
Nearby
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.