Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2012, 3:16 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2012, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WWUS73 KTOP 192116 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 316 PM CST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...A WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP TO THE EAST OF A SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS ON MONDAY. KSZ021-034>037-054-201100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.120220T1500Z-120220T2300Z/ CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... EMPORIA 316 PM CST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
828 WWUS73 KTOP 200950 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...A WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS ON MONDAY. KSZ021-034>037-054-201800- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.120220T1500Z-120221T0000Z/ CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... EMPORIA 350 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
816 WWUS73 KTOP 201854 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1254 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...A WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ON TODAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. KSZ021-034>037-054-210000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... EMPORIA 1254 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
671 WWUS73 KTOP 210017 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 617 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 6 PM... KSZ021-034>037-054-210130- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... EMPORIA 617 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG...BUT WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$
Nearby
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.