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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 20135 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at May 28, 2013, 3:27 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 29, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2013, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2013, 5:05 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.4
Supercell composite: 25.4

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The text

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

696 
WWUS73 KTOP 282027
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
327 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER WILL INTENSIFY ON
WEDNESDAY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS RESULTING OVER CENTRAL
KANSAS.

KSZ008-020-021-034-035-290930-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.130529T1600Z-130530T0100Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE
327 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS MAY HAVE
  TROUBLE CONTROLLING THEIR VEHICLES.  


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

378 
WWUS73 KTOP 290913
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
413 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER WILL INTENSIFY ON
WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS.

KSZ008-020-021-034-035-292200-
/O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.130529T1600Z-130530T0100Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE
413 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS
  MORNING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS MAY HAVE TROUBLE 
  CONTROLLING THEIR VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

175 
WWUS73 KTOP 292205
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
505 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CANCELLED...

KSZ008-020-021-034-035-292315-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130530T0100Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE
505 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. SHORTLY
AFTER SUNSET WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO AROUND 15 TO 20
MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH. 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	47 min
May 27, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	51 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	37 min
May 27, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud, Washington	32 min
May 27, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	27 min
May 27, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	32 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	31 min
May 27, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	26 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	24 min
May 27, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	37 min
May 27, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	34 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Jackson	30 min
May 27, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	26 min
May 27, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	3 hr
May 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	33 min
May 28, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	5 days
May 28, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	23 min
May 28, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	27 min
May 28, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	16 hr
May 28, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	44 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Nemaha	33 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Nemaha	42 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	3 hr
May 28, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Nemaha	50 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	26 min
May 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	52 min
May 28, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	29 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	40 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	34 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	46 min
May 28, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	39 min
May 28, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	34 min
May 28, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	25 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	23 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	4 hr
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	32 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	47 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	31 min
May 28, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	26 min
May 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	4 hr
May 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	34 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	47 min

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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.