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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Topeka, KS

November 10, 201223 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 10, 2012, 3:34 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 10, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2012, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 10, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 11, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
In force
13 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 09:38 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, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 804 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

848 
WWUS73 KTOP 100934
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
334 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-102230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.121110T1700Z-121111T0600Z/
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
334 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INTENSIFY AROUND NOON FROM
  CONCORDIA TO EMPORIA...WITH THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS SPREADING
  INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY MID AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS
  WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
745 
WWUS73 KTOP 102155
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
355 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-110600-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121111T0600Z/
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
355 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS 
  WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER
LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
191 
WWUS73 KTOP 110551
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1151 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012


KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-110700-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121111T0600Z/
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
1151 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. 

$$

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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.