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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Topeka, KS

November 18, 201110 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2011, 3:48 AM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2011, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 18, 2011, 4:52 PM CST
In force
8 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, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2011-11-18Temperature 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 2011-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 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.

104 
WWUS73 KTOP 180948
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
348 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM TODAY...

.SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING WITH
SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE PEAK WIND
SPEEDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM BEFORE GRADUALLY
TAPERING OFF.

KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-182300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0020.111118T1500Z-111118T2300Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
348 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE WITH THE PEAK WIND
  SPEEDS OCCURRING BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM BEFORE TAPERING LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS STRENGTH MAY CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
  ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY FOR LIGHT HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
984 
WWUS73 KTOP 181653
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1053 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011

KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-182300-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111118T2300Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
1053 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

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

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS STRENGTH MAY CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
  ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
212 
WWUS73 KTOP 182252
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
452 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011

KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-190000-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111118T2300Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
452 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA BUT WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
TO 25 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

$$

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.