Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 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 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
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184 WWUS73 KTOP 252030 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-034>039-054-055-261000- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.140326T1500Z-140327T0100Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- SHAWNEE-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... EMPORIA 330 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. THE PEAK OF THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...INTERSTATE 35...AND HIGHWAY 36 SHOULD KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
805 WWUS73 KTOP 260824 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 324 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 KSZ026-040-056-058-059-262130- /O.EXB.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.140326T1700Z-140327T0200Z/ JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 324 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. THE PEAK OF THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...INTERSTATE 35...AND HIGHWAY 36 SHOULD KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ008>010-020>023-034>038-054-262130- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.140326T1500Z-140327T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 324 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. THE PEAK OF THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...INTERSTATE 35...AND HIGHWAY 36 SHOULD KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ KSZ011-012-024-039-055-262130- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.140326T1700Z-140327T0200Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-JACKSON-SHAWNEE-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA 324 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. THE PEAK OF THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70...INTERSTATE 35...AND HIGHWAY 36 SHOULD KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
116 WWUS73 KTOP 261533 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1033 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 KSZ008>010-020>023-034>038-054-270200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA 1033 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE THEIR STRONGEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS 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. && $$ KSZ011-012-024-026-039-040-055-056-058-059-270200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.140326T1700Z-140327T0200Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA 1033 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE THEIR STRONGEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ WOLTERS
041 WWUS73 KTOP 270110 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 810 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-270215- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0200Z/ 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 810 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT...GUSTS HAVE WEAKENED A BIT...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.