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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Topeka, KS

October 25, 20119 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2011, 3:38 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 25, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2011, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2011-10-25Temperature 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 2011-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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.

014 
WWUS73 KTOP 250838
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
338 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

KSZ026-038>040-054>056-058-059-251700-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0017.111025T1100Z-111025T1700Z/
JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-
ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
338 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE STRONGEST DURING THE MORNING...THEN
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH BUT STILL BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
812 
WWUS73 KTOP 251634
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1134 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

KSZ026-038>040-054>056-058-059-252000-
/O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111025T2000Z/
JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-
ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
1134 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

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

* TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND
  SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN
  GUSTY.

* IMPACTS...THE WIND WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
321 
WWUS73 KTOP 251956
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
256 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

KSZ026-038>040-054>056-058-059-252100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111025T2000Z/
JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-
ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
256 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

$$

ANDERSON

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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.