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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

February 28, 201614 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 10:26 AM CST for 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2016, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2016, 3:01 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Adair County, MO, Bates County, MO, Carroll 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2016-02-28Temperature 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 2016-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 450 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
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
450 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

560 
WWUS73 KEAX 281626
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1026 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WINDY THIS MORNING INTO THE MID-AFTERNOON...

MOZ017-024-025-031>033-038>040-044>046-053-054-282100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.160228T1626Z-160228T2100Z/
ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-
HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1026 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST
  OF THE MORNING INTO THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE WINDS CHANGE
  DIRECTION TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TO PREVAIL WITH
  GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. WINDS WILL EASE UP A LITTLE AND VEER AROUND
  TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND DRIVING
  CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR WIND
GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
111 
WWUS73 KEAX 282101
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
301 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016



MOZ017-024-025-031>033-038>040-044>046-053-054-282215-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160228T2100Z/
ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-
HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
301 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNSET WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

$$

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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.