Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 3:58 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2011, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2011, 3:10 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- 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 09:56 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, 10.0 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
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WWUS73 KTOP 200958 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 358 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PICK UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. DEEP MIXING WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. BY THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT WILL THEN QUICKLY DIVE SOUTHWARD BRINGING A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT AS WINDS WILL QUICKLY SWITCH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-201800- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.110220T1400Z-110221T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 358 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH SHORTLY AFTER 8 AM AND LAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS AFTERNOON A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT WILL TAKE PLACE AS SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL TURN SHARPLY TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE SURGING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH PEAK WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. * FIRE...STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND THE YARD COULD BLOW AWAY. AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
005 WWUS73 KTOP 201734 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1134 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PICK UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. DEEP MIXING WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. LATER THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT WILL THEN QUICKLY DIVE SOUTHWARD BRINGING A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT AS WINDS WILL QUICKLY SWITCH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-210145- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1134 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH SHORTLY AFTER NOON AND LAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS AFTERNOON A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT WILL TAKE PLACE AS SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL TURN SHARPLY TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE SURGING COLD FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. * FIRE...STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND THE YARD COULD BLOW AWAY. AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ JB
041 WWUS73 KTOP 202110 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 310 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-202215- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T0300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 310 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$
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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.