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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS

April 15, 201223 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 3:24 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2012, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
10 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 08:27 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, 8.4 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 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 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
1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
443 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.2
Supercell composite
17.0

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The text

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

180 
WWUS73 KTOP 150824
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
324 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-151630-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.120415T1500Z-120416T0100Z/
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
324 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST
  THROUGH THE DAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST
  ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
978 
WWUS73 KTOP 151723
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1223 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-160100-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/
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
1223 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING
  HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST 
  ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
309 
WWUS73 KTOP 160044
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
744 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-160145-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/
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
744 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED THOUGH THEY SHOULD REMAIN ON THE
BREEZY SIDE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Dickinson51 min
Apr 14, 8:01 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Riley29 min
Apr 14, 8:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPDickinson, Morris47 min
Apr 14, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee38 min
Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson37 min
Apr 14, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa29 min
Apr 14, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley20 min
Apr 14, 11:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPLyon42 min
Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa45 min
Apr 15, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley49 min
Apr 15, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley28 min
Apr 15, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie38 min
Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPPottawatomie, Riley15 min
Apr 15, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie30 min
Apr 15, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Riley, Washington37 min
Apr 15, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie34 min
Apr 15, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley24 min
Apr 15, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee15 min
Apr 15, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Shawnee30 min
Apr 15, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson31 min
Apr 15, 4:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPNemaha3 hr
Apr 15, 4:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley15 hr
Apr 15, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage54 min
Apr 15, 7:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa2 hr
Apr 15, 7:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay7 hr
Apr 15, 8:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall7 hr
Apr 15, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Apr 15, 9:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPClay3 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.