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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS

April 10, 201123 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1041 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 2011-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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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.