Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2011, 3:28 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2011, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
208 WWUS73 KTOP 060828 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 328 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-061630- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0015.111006T1700Z-111007T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 328 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 77... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
277 WWUS73 KTOP 061626 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1126 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-070000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0015.111006T1700Z-111007T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 1126 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AND REMAIN STRONG BEFORE DECREASING IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. THE WIND MAY ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. IN ADDITION...LIGHTWEIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
297 WWUS73 KTOP 062002 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 302 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-070000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 302 PM CDT THU OCT 6 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 REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER 7 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * 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. THE WIND MAY ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. IN ADDITION...LIGHTWEIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
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.