Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 3:37 PM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. 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, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
298 WWUS73 KTOP 202137 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 337 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...ANOTHER VERY WINDY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... KSZ010>012-023-024-026-038>040-055-056-210600- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.140121T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE- SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 337 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
742 WWUS73 KTOP 210228 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 828 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...ANOTHER VERY WINDY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... KSZ037-054-058-059-210600- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ MORRIS-LYON-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EMPORIA 828 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ010>012-023-024-026-038>040-055-056-210600- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE- SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 828 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
882 WWUS73 KTOP 210440 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1040 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...ANOTHER VERY WINDY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... KSZ010>012-023-024-210545- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA 1040 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-210600- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1040 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...THEN DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
746 WWUS73 KTOP 210557 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1157 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-210700- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1157 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEGUN A STEADY DECREASING TREND...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. $$
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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.