Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2011, 3:06 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2011, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:12 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, 8.1 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
073 WWUS73 KTOP 100806 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 306 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-101615- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.110410T0900Z-110411T0000Z/ 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 306 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY. * IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. ALSO EXPECT ENHANCED FIRE DANGER AS WELL AS BLOWING DUST IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
485 WWUS73 KTOP 101610 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1110 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-110000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1110 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY. * IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. ALSO EXPECT ENHANCED FIRE DANGER AS WELL AS BLOWING DUST IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. && $$
845 WWUS73 KTOP 110000 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 700 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL REMAIN 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-110100- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/ 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 700 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. .WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL REMAIN 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$
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.