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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS

January 29, 20157 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2015, 3:09 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2015, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2015, 7:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2015-01-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2015-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

113 
WWUS73 KTOP 290909
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
309 AM CST THU JAN 29 2015

KSZ009>012-023-024-026-291300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.150129T0909Z-150129T1300Z/
WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA
309 AM CST THU JAN 29 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
  ARE OCCURRING. THESE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY 7 AM.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 36.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE SUSTAINED AT 31 TO 40
MPH OR WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. 

&&

$$

WOLTERS
1 follow-up statement
373 
WWUS73 KTOP 291238
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
638 AM CST THU JAN 29 2015

KSZ009>012-023-024-026-291345-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150129T1300Z/
WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA
638 AM CST THU JAN 29 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHED AND ARE NOT AS STRONG AS THEY
WHERE EARLIER THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM. NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BREEZY WITH GUSTS
AROUND 30 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON.

$$

WOLTERS

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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.