Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 25, 2011, 2:42 PM CST for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2011, 2:42 PM CST (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
291 WWUS73 KTOP 252042 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 242 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT SATURDAY 8 AM TO 5 PM CST... .AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY. KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-054-260445- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0022.111126T1400Z-111126T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 242 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
011 WWUS73 KTOP 260406 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1006 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT SATURDAY 8 AM TO 5 PM CST... .AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY. KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-054-261215- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0022.111126T1400Z-111126T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 1006 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
921 WWUS73 KTOP 260940 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 340 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-054-262200- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0022.111126T1400Z-111127T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 340 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DIMINISHING TOWARDS SUNSET. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
522 WWUS73 KTOP 262102 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 302 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 KSZ011-012-023-024-038-054-262215- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...EMPORIA 302 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE AREAS MENTIONED. $$ KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-270000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 302 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
670 WWUS73 KTOP 262358 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 558 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 KSZ008>010-020>022-034>037-270100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 558 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2:53 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic | 13 hr |
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.