Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 4:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 7:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 3 hr |
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.