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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2016, 3:18 AM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2016, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WWUS73 KTOP 250918 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 318 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-251500- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.161225T1500Z-161225T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FG.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE...HERINGTON... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE 318 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL RANGE BETWEEN A QUARTER OF A MILE AND ONE MILE THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF DRIVING THIS MORNING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE, OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ KSZ010>012-023-024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-251500- /O.CON.KTOP.FG.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE- SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS...FRANKFORT... SABETHA...SENECA...HIAWATHA...HORTON...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS... HOLTON...VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH... GRANTVILLE...MERIDEN...NORTONVILLE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON... BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 318 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL RANGE BETWEEN A QUARTER OF A MILE TO 1 MILE. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF DRIVING THIS MORNING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$
4 follow-up statements
610 WWUS73 KTOP 251503 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 903 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-252300- /O.EXP.KTOP.FG.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE...HERINGTON... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE 903 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH OUT THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ KSZ010>012-023-024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-251615- /O.EXP.KTOP.FG.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161225T1500Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE- SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS...FRANKFORT... SABETHA...SENECA...HIAWATHA...HORTON...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS... HOLTON...VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH... GRANTVILLE...MERIDEN...NORTONVILLE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON... BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 903 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS BUT AS THE WINDS INCREASE THE FOG SHOULD CONTINUE TO DISPERSE. $$
688 WWUS73 KTOP 251612 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1012 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ038-054-252300- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T2300Z/ WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALMA...ESKRIDGE...MAPLE HILL... ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO...EMPORIA 1012 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH OUT THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-252300- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T2300Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE...HERINGTON... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE 1012 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH OUT THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
665 WWUS73 KTOP 252109 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 309 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ023-024-026-039-040-055-056-058-059-260000- /O.EXB.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-FRANKLIN- COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS...HOLTON... VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH...GRANTVILLE... MERIDEN...NORTONVILLE...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OSAGE CITY... CARBONDALE...LYNDON...BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA... BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 309 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM CST. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ KSZ008-009-020>022-034>038-054-260000- /O.EXT.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE...HERINGTON... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE...MAPLE HILL... ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO...EMPORIA 309 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
789 WWUS73 KTOP 252354 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 554 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ008-009-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-260100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS...HOLTON...VALLEY FALLS... OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH...GRANTVILLE...MERIDEN... NORTONVILLE...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE...HERINGTON... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE...MAPLE HILL... ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON... BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 554 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 1:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 26 min |
| Dec 25, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 37 min |
| Dec 25, 1:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Washington | 32 min |
| Dec 25, 2:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley, Washington | 27 min |
| Dec 25, 2:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary, Marshall, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley | 28 min |
| Dec 25, 3:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| Dec 25, 3:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 5 more | 57 min |
| Dec 25, 4:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson | 59 min |
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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.