Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2015, 9:03 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 19, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2015, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2015, 3:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas 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, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WWUS73 KTOP 191403 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 903 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 KSZ009>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055-192100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.151019T1500Z-151019T2100Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE...SENECA... HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY 903 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM...WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL GUST 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS 25 TO 35 MPH. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
504 WWUS73 KTOP 192048 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 348 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 KSZ009>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055-192200- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151019T2100Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE...SENECA... HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY 348 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS EXPIRED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 35 MPH...BUT WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH SUNSET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
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.