Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2014, 3:10 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2014, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 21:14 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, 9.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
329 WWUS73 KTOP 172110 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 310 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>039-181030- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.140118T1500Z-140119T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 310 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MID MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AGAIN TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT STRONG GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
464 WWUS73 KTOP 181127 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 527 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>039-190000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.140118T1500Z-140119T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 527 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MID MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AGAIN TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT STRONG GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
042 WWUS73 KTOP 181710 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1110 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 KSZ040-054>056-058-059-190000- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1110 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AGAIN TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT STRONG GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>039-190000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 1110 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AGAIN TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT STRONG GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
653 WWUS73 KTOP 182026 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 226 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ 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 226 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND BE PREPARED FOR FREQUENT STRONG GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
513 WWUS73 KTOP 190000 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 600 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 600 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH. $$
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.