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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 23, 2012Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; 8 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at May 23, 2012, 1:07 PM CDT for Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; 8 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2012, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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.

554 
WWUS73 KEAX 231807
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
107 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012


KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-240000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0008.120523T1807Z-120524T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
107 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
  AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST
  ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.


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.

&&

$$

CDB
1 follow-up statement
818 
WWUS73 KEAX 240004
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
704 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012


KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-240115-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120524T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
704 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...BUT WILL
REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.


$$

MJM

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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.