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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS

March 22, 201123 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2011, 3:55 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2011, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 476 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

919 
WWUS73 KTOP 220855
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
355 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON
AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS IN THE PLAINS.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-221700-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.110322T1700Z-110322T2300Z/
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
355 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 TO
  45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL
  SHIFT TO THE WEST IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH
  ROADWAYS ALONG WITH UNSECURED TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
  OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE
  TO THE IMPACTS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
556 
WWUS73 KTOP 222033
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
333 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AS
LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS IN THE PLAINS.

KSZ008>010-020>022-034>036-222145-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110322T2300Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...
MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
333 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED SOME AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
40 MPH THROUGH 530 PM.

$$

KSZ011-012-023-024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-222300-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110322T2300Z/
NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-
SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...
EMPORIA...OTTAWA
333 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH
  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH 
  ROADWAYS ALONG WITH UNSECURED TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND 
  OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE 
  TO THE IMPACTS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
790 
WWUS73 KTOP 222232
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
532 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

KSZ011-012-023-024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-222345-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110322T2300Z/
NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-
SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...
EMPORIA...OTTAWA
532 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.

$$

WOLTERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud32 min
Mar 22, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington30 min
Mar 22, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington29 min
Mar 22, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall29 min

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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.