Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at May 29, 2011, 12:01 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Coffey County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WWUS73 KTOP 291701 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1201 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 KSZ037-038-054-055-058-300115- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.110529T1701Z-110530T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.110530T1200Z-110531T0200Z/ MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EMPORIA 1201 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. THERE SHOULD BE A SLIGHT WEAKENING IN THESE WINDS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER SUSTAINED WINDS WILL AGAIN BE AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>036-039-040-056-059-300115- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.110530T1200Z-110531T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-SHAWNEE- DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 1201 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
1 follow-up statement
639 WWUS73 KTOP 292020 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 KSZ037-038-054-055-058-300930- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110530T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.110530T1200Z-110531T0200Z/ MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EMPORIA 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THEREFORE THIS AFTERNOON/S ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SOUTH WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ON MONDAY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON MONDAY. && $$ KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>036-039-040-056-059-300930- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.110530T1200Z-110531T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-SHAWNEE- DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON MONDAY. && $$ WOLTERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 35 min |
| May 29, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 45 min |
| May 29, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 25 min |
| May 29, 12:01 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 33 hr |
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.