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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS

October 19, 201519 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2015-10-19Temperature 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 2015-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 3:45 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more15 hr

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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.