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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Topeka, KS

June 20, 20116 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2011, 10:33 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 20, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2011, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 20, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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, 3.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 473 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-726 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
473 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
559 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

516 
WWUS73 KTOP 201533
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1033 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...STRONG WIND GUSTS TODAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO
KANSAS TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 

KSZ037-054>056-058-059-202345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0014.110620T1600Z-110621T0000Z/
MORRIS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
1033 AM CDT MON JUN 20 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. 


* TIMING...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE
  ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE
  YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE
  GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. 

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
397 
WWUS73 KTOP 202214
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
514 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011


KSZ037-054>056-058-059-202315-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110621T0000Z/
MORRIS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
514 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE
DECREASED...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE AREA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris35 min
Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris48 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee35 min
Jun 19, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley, Wabaunsee46 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley30 min
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa46 min
Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa, Washington45 min
Jun 20, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington47 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson36 min
Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington51 min
Jun 20, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson48 min
Jun 20, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington27 min
Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic33 min
Jun 20, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley42 min
Jun 20, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington38 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington47 min
Jun 20, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris43 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley47 min
Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley49 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.