Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 3:17 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 20:23 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 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
504 WWUS73 KTOP 282017 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 317 PM CDT THU APR 28 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ON FRIDAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS ON FRIDAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS STRONG OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS ON FRIDAY. KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-054-291200- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.110429T1500Z-110430T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 317 PM CDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 10 AM ON FRIDAY...AND WILL WEAKEN BY 8 PM ON FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR GREATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
257 WWUS73 KTOP 290817 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 317 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...STRONG WINDS BY MID MORNING TODAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS TODAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS STRONG OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TODAY. KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-054-291630- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.110429T1500Z-110430T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 317 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING...AND WILL WEAKEN BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR GREATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ BLAIR
907 WWUS73 KTOP 291619 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1119 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...STRONG WINDS BY MID MORNING TODAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS TODAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS STRONG OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TODAY. KSZ026-039-040-055-056-058-059-300100- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110430T0100Z/ JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 1119 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH MID DAY...AND WILL WEAKEN BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR GREATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ008>012-020>024-034>038-054-300100- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110430T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 1119 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... AND WILL WEAKEN BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR GREATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
568 WWUS73 KTOP 300052 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 752 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-300200- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110430T0100Z/ 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 752 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE EVENING PASSES. $$
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.