Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 29 min |
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.