Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2011, 3:47 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 2, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2011, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2011, 11:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- 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 20:50 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, 8.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524 WWUS73 KTOP 012047 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 347 PM CDT TUE NOV 1 2011 KSZ008-009-020-020900- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.111102T1200Z-111103T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA 347 PM CDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ021-022-034>037-020900- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.111102T1500Z-111103T0200Z/ CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 347 PM CDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
836 WWUS73 KTOP 020842 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 KSZ010>012-023-024-038-021645- /O.EXB.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.111102T1600Z-111103T0300Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-WABAUNSEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA 342 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ026-039-040-054>056-058-059-021645- /O.EXB.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.111102T2100Z-111103T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 342 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-021645- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.111102T1600Z-111103T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN... ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 342 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
628 WWUS73 KTOP 021634 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1134 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-021745- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111103T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 1134 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS ORIGINALLY FORECAST. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. HOWEVER IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. $$ KSZ026-039-040-054>056-058-059-021745- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0018.111102T2100Z-111103T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1134 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS ORIGINALLY FORECAST. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. HOWEVER IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. $$ WOLTERS
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.