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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 20, 20146 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 3:27 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 20, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2014, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2014, 12:02 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 41 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

585 
WWUS73 KEAX 202127
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
327 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING...

.A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP OVER THE AREA THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...CAUSING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
TO RACE INTO THE AREA. EXPECT THE WINDS TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
EXPECT WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...INCREASING
TO 30 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY MID MORNING ON
TUESDAY EXPECT THE WINDS TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN BACK TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH.

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-210600-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.140121T0000Z-140121T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...
ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...
LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
327 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO PICK UP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
  MPH ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT A STEADY INCREASE IN WINDS THROUGH THE
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND
  SUNRISE ON TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: CURRENTLY WINDS ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH... AND WILL
  INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED AND OPEN
  TERRAIN WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN
  ALSO PICK UP TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR
  OBJECTS.

* ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE IN WITH THESE
  WINDS. EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER
  TEENS...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN -5 AND -20 DEGREES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

LEIGHTON
1 follow-up statement
037 
WWUS73 KEAX 210602
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1202 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014



KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-210715-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...
ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...
LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
1202 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. 

STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE
BRINGING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:37 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryEAXDoniphan17 hr

Nearby

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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.