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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2012, 1:49 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 18:49 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, 6.8 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850 WWUS73 KTOP 171849 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 149 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 KSZ008-009-020-021-034>037-180100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 149 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY MORNING MORNING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS STILL LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THURSDAY WILL BE AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-180100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 149 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY MORNING MORNING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
5 follow-up statements
947 WWUS73 KTOP 171851 CCA NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 150 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 KSZ008-009-020-021-034>037-180115- /O.COR.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ /O.COR.KTOP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 150 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THURSDAY WILL BE AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-180115- /O.COR.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 150 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
868 WWUS73 KTOP 180003 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 703 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 KSZ008-009-020-021-034>037-181300- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 703 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE AND LAST THROUGH SUNSET ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-181300- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 703 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE AND LAST THROUGH SUNSET ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
358 WWUS73 KTOP 180850 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-182200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ 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 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE AND LAST THROUGH SUNSET ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
808 WWUS73 KTOP 181640 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1140 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121019T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1140 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH THE PEAK OF THE SPEEDS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH 5 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE WINDS...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
844 WWUS73 KTOP 190003 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 703 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190115- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121019T0000Z/ 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 703 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WINDS FROM THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 3:40 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa and 2 more | 15 hr |
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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.