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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2011Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2011, 3:58 AM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas. It took effect at May 25, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2011, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 25, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1376 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 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

442 
WWUS73 KTOP 250858
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
358 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WINDY TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING ON THE BACK SIDE OF A
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDS AROUND 30
MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 81 THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ008-020-034-251700-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.110525T1500Z-110526T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
358 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
589 
WWUS73 KTOP 251721
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1221 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WINDY TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING ON THE BACK SIDE OF A
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDS AROUND
30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 81 THIS
AFTERNOON.

KSZ008-020-034-260000-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
1221 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

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

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  HOURS.

* WINDS...BECOMING 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-
   PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE 
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
789 
WWUS73 KTOP 252356
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
656 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011


KSZ008-020-034-260100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
656 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

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

ALTHOUGH GUSTY NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA...THE SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee28 min
May 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee52 min
May 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee39 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Pottawatomie, Shawnee31 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa30 hr
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey, Lyon33 min
May 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 24, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa67 min
May 24, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCloud, Ottawa, Republic110 min
May 24, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay, Geary, Riley54 min
May 24, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris36 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey, Jackson, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee44 min
May 24, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage and 1 more41 min
May 24, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey34 min
May 25, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon20 min
May 25, 1:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud3 days
May 25, 2:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud3 days
May 25, 2:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay5 days
May 25, 10:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee82 min
May 25, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas26 min
May 25, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson28 min
May 25, 11:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee54 min
May 25, 1:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Nemaha and 2 more113 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie112 min

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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.