Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:38 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, 8.6 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
470 WWUS73 KTOP 040836 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 336 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-042100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.110404T0900Z-110404T2100Z/ 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 336 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
758 WWUS73 KTOP 042043 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 343 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-042145- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110404T2100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 343 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING...AND WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 28 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.