Alert archive / Missouri / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 4:17 AM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 7:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 443 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.2
- Supercell composite
- 17.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877 WWUS73 KEAX 150917 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 417 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A SURFACE LOW TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY WILL RESULT IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN TO NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THIS PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH A STRONG LOW AND MID LEVEL JET WILL LEAD TO VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS STARTING MID MORNING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING SOME THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-151800- /O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.120415T1500Z-120416T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 417 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ ACH
3 follow-up statements
781 WWUS73 KEAX 151824 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 124 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY THIS EVENING. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-160100- /O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 124 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: REST OF THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ MJ
404 WWUS73 KEAX 152028 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 328 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL SUNSET... .A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY THIS EVENING. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS INTO THE VERY EARLY EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. MOZ015>017-023>025-030>033-038>040-043>046-053-054-152130- /O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/ GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 328 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A THICK DECK OF CLOUD COVER HAS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS CLOUD COVER HAS ACTED TO REDUCE WIND SPEEDS. THE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT CONTINUATION OF THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH. $$ KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>014-020>022-028-029-037- 160100- /O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON... POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 328 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: REST OF THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ MJ
488 WWUS73 KEAX 160055 NPWEAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 755 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>014-020>022-028-029-037- 160200- /O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON... POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 755 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH A GRADUAL SHIFT INTO THE WEST AROUND MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH SUNSET...SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST TO 30 MPH. WITH STRONG WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 2:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Daviess | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 7:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 38 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 3:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 51 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 8 min |
Nearby
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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.