Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2014, 3:51 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2014, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 9:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 08:55 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 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 3321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
092 WWUS73 KTOP 150851 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 351 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-034-152200- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.140316T0000Z-140316T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN 351 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BY THE LATE EVENING AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 36 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ026-035>040-054>056-058-059-152200- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.140316T0300Z-140316T1700Z/ JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 351 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE MORNING SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
4 follow-up statements
301 WWUS73 KTOP 150858 CCA NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 357 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-034-152215- /O.COR.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.140316T0000Z-140316T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN 357 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BY THE LATE EVENING AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 36 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ026-035>040-054>056-058-059-152215- /O.COR.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.140316T0300Z-140316T1700Z/ JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 357 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE MORNING SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
231 WWUS73 KTOP 152021 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 321 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-034-160930- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.140316T0000Z-140316T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN 321 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BY THE LATE EVENING AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 36 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ026-035>040-054>056-058-059-160930- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.140316T0300Z-140316T1700Z/ JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 321 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR STRONGEST BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE MORNING SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
065 WWUS73 KTOP 160821 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-034-160930- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS WILL GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNRISE. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ026-035>040-054>056-058-059-161700- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1700Z/ JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...WINDS ARE AT THEIR STRONGEST NOW AND ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
085 WWUS73 KTOP 161406 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 906 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 KSZ026-035>040-054>056-058-059-161515- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1700Z/ JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON- OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 906 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS MAY STILL GUST UPWARDS OF AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING...HOWEVER THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW THE CRITERIA FOR A WIND ADVISORY AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.