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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS

March 4, 201223 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 3:20 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2012, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 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 09:20 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 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 2012-03-04Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

422 
WWUS73 KTOP 040920
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
320 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...A VERY WINDY DAY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY..

.A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE 
OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. AS THE SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE
RESULTING STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-041730-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.120304T1700Z-120305T0000Z/
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
320 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO
  AROUND 45 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 IN THE STRONG CROSS WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
483 
WWUS73 KTOP 041709
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1109 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-050000-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/
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
1109 AM CST SUN MAR 4 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 THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 45 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 IN THE STRONG CROSS 
  WINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
446 
WWUS73 KTOP 042350
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
550 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...WINDS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...

.STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 25 MPH AND
WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY LESSEN IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-050100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/
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
550 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY
  THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...AND BY 10 PM EXPECT WINDS TO
  BECOME NEARLY CALM.

* WINDS...AFTER 6 PM NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST AT 15 TO 25
  MPH...THEN WILL BE VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...THROUGH 10 PM MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS OF
  SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 4:21 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more14 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.