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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at May 29, 2011, 12:01 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties
Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 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
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
5 follow-up statements
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
763 WWUS73 KTOP 300855 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-302100- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.110530T0900Z-110531T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 355 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL ALSO MAKE BOATING DIFFICULT...AND PERHAPS DANGEROUS AT TIMES TODAY. 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. && $$
660 WWUS73 KTOP 301820 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 120 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-310200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 120 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL ALSO MAKE BOATING DIFFICULT...AND PERHAPS DANGEROUS AT TIMES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL AND PREPARE FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH COULD TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
113 WWUS73 KTOP 302022 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 322 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-310200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 322 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL ALSO MAKE BOATING DANGEROUS AT TIMES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. && $$ WOLTERS
331 WWUS73 KTOP 310158 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 858 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .AS THE SUN SETS AND THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-310300- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110531T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 858 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL STILL BE DIFFICULT ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES GIVEN THE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT OF THE WINDS. $$
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 | Coffey, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee | 3 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.