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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2013, 3:29 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 3, 2013, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2013, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2013, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567 WWUS73 KTOP 022029 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 329 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013 KSZ008>011-020>023-034>036-031000- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.131103T1700Z-131104T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 329 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL EXACERBATE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA LAKES AND BOATERS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY STRONG WINDS. FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH IN THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
485 WWUS73 KTOP 030917 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 317 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 KSZ008>011-020>023-034>036-032245- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.131103T1700Z-131104T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 317 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BY LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA LAKES AND BOATERS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH IN THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
765 WWUS73 KTOP 031801 AAA NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1201 PM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 KSZ008>011-020>023-034>036-040000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131104T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 1201 PM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA LAKES AND BOATERS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH IN THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
049 WWUS73 KTOP 032353 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 553 PM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 KSZ008>011-020>023-034>036-040100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131104T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 553 PM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH COMMON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Morris, Shawnee and 1 more | 44 min |
| Nov 1, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Nov 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 48 min |
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.