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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 27, 201514 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2015, 3:52 PM CST for 14 counties in Missouri; Linn County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2015, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Linn County, KS, Bates County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2015-12-27Temperature 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 2015-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 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.

277 
WWUS73 KEAX 272152
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
352 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

KSZ060-MOZ024-025-031>033-038>040-043>046-053-054-281800-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.151228T0300Z-151228T1800Z/
LINN KS-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-
HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
352 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON MONDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON HIGHWAYS COULD MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN
  ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS CAN
  ALSO REDUCE VEHICLE TRACTION...FURTHER COMPLICATING TRAVEL. LIGHT
  OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN
  AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAFLIN
2 follow-up statements
360 
WWUS73 KEAX 280932
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
332 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

KSZ060-MOZ024-025-031>033-038>040-043>046-053-054-281800-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151228T1800Z/
LINN KS-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-
HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
332 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON HIGHWAYS COULD MAKE TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS 
  CAN ALSO REDUCE VEHICLE TRACTION...FURTHER COMPLICATING 
  TRAVEL. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS 
  MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
808 
WWUS73 KEAX 281755
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1155 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

KSZ060-MOZ024-025-031>033-038>040-043>046-053-054-281900-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151228T1800Z/
LINN KS-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-
HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1155 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

ALTHOUGH BREEZY NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS...AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 7:07 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton5 days
Dec 26, 7:33 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward3 days
Dec 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline4 days
Dec 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline5 days
Dec 26, 7:59 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates4 days
Dec 27, 4:45 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 24 more40 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon68 hr
Dec 27, 10:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay3 days
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXMiami4 days
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn5 days

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2015Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015

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.