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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Topeka, KS

October 6, 20116 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

&&

$$

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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.