Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2012, 2:42 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2012, 2:42 PM CST (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 20:45 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, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WWUS73 KTOP 052042 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 242 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012 .SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS ACROSS THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO STRENGTHEN OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS ON TUESDAY. THIS STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CAUSE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. KSZ012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-061000- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0005.120306T1400Z-120307T0100Z/ BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE... EMPORIA...OTTAWA 242 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT. ALSO THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH BECAUSE OF THESE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
629 WWUS73 KTOP 061001 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 401 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS WILL CAUSE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. KSZ008>011-070100- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0005.120306T1400Z-120307T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARYSVILLE 401 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT. ALSO THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXTREME BECAUSE OF THESE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070100- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0005.120306T1400Z-120307T0100Z/ BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE... EMPORIA...OTTAWA 401 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT. ALSO THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXTREME BECAUSE OF THESE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
064 WWUS73 KTOP 070057 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 657 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070200- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120307T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 657 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
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.