Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2013, 3:41 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2013, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2013, 3:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818 WWUS73 KTOP 140841 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 341 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...BUT REMAIN GUSTY...INTO THE AFTERNOON. KSZ024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-141700- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.130414T1200Z-130414T1700Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 341 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CDT TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
534 WWUS73 KTOP 141655 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1155 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID AFTERNOON...HOWEVER BREEZY WINDS WILL STILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. KSZ024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-142100- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130414T2100Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1155 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
743 WWUS73 KTOP 142032 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 332 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 KSZ024-026-037>040-054>056-058-059-142145- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130414T2100Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 332 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WESTERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO MEET OR EXCEED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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.