Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Chill Warnings in 2011
Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind chill warning at Feb 1, 2011, 8:23 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 16 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2011, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 10:13 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Enterprise, KS | |
| Feb 2, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 8 Sse Greenleaf, KS | |
| Feb 2, 10:31 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Barnes, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
098 WWUS43 KTOP 020223 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 823 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... KSZ040-056-058-059-021030- /O.CAN.KTOP.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.Y.0003.110202T0223Z-110202T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 823 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH THE BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. && $$ KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-021030- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.W.0001.110202T0223Z-110202T1800Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 823 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO FALL INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH THE BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 23 TO 27 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>039-054-055-021030- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.Y.0003.110202T0223Z-110202T1800Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...EMPORIA 823 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH THE BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. && $$ BLAIR
2 follow-up statements
066 WWUS43 KTOP 020916 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 316 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-021800- /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.Y.0004.110203T0300Z-110203T1600Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 316 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS OF NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WIND CHILLS NEAR 15 BELOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH THE BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 21 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...AND WIND CHILLS AROUND 15 BELOW WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE ELEMENTS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-021800- /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.Y.0004.110203T0300Z-110203T1600Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 316 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS OF NEAR 15 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH THE BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE ELEMENTS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$
913 WWUS43 KTOP 021800 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1200 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TOMORROW... KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-030200- /O.EXP.KTOP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WC.Y.0004.110203T0300Z-110203T1600Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 1200 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 23 BELOW ZERO WILL RETURN AGAIN THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 15 TO 24 DEGREES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE ELEMENTS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054>056-058-059-030200- /O.EXP.KTOP.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WC.Y.0004.110203T0300Z-110203T1600Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1200 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 23 BELOW ZERO WILL RETURN AGAIN THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOWEST WIND CHILL INDICES OF 15 TO 24 DEGREES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE ELEMENTS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 8:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:16 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every wind chill warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.