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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Topeka, KS

March 26, 2012Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Republic County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2012, 3:24 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2012-03-26Temperature 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 2012-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
2529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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.

728 
WWUS73 KTOP 260852
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
352 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012


KSZ008-020-034-261815-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.120326T1800Z-120327T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
352 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
  HOURS...WITH AFTERNOON SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN THE 30 MPH RANGE
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

* WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. STRONG
  WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING BUT REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
043 
WWUS73 KTOP 261659
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1159 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

KSZ008-020-034-270000-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.120326T1800Z-120327T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
1159 AM CDT MON MAR 26 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...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON.
  SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN THE 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
  EXPECTED.

* WINDS...BECOMING SUSTAINED 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. 
  STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING BUT REMAIN BREEZY 
  OVERNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...OR OTHER HIGH-
   PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE 
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
974 
WWUS73 KTOP 262024
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
324 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

KSZ008-020-034-262130-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120327T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CONCORDIA
324 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THEREFOR THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.