Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| May 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 52 min |
| May 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 31 min |
| May 24, 8:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 30 hr |
| May 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Lyon | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 25 min |
| May 24, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa | 67 min |
| May 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 110 min |
| May 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley | 54 min |
| May 24, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Jackson, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| May 24, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage and 1 more | 41 min |
| May 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 20 min |
| May 25, 1:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 3 days |
| May 25, 2:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 3 days |
| May 25, 2:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 5 days |
| May 25, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 82 min |
| May 25, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 54 min |
| May 25, 1:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Nemaha and 2 more | 113 min |
| May 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 112 min |
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.