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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2016, 3:14 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties
Anderson County, KS, Brown 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, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
857 WWUS73 KTOP 072114 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 314 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 KSZ008-020-021-034>037-080030- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE 314 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON TODAY BUT DIMINISH SOMEWHAT FOR THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY...AND THIS WIND WOULD COMBINE WITH ANY FALLING SNOW TO CREATE GREATLY REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ009>012-022>024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-080030- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE...SENECA... HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...ALMA... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON... LEBO...GARNETT 314 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THIS WIND WOULD COMBINE WITH ANY FALLING SNOW TO CREATE GREATLY REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
763 WWUS73 KTOP 072126 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 326 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 KSZ008-020-021-034>037-080030- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE 326 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON TODAY BUT DIMINISH SOMEWHAT FOR THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY...AND THIS WIND WOULD COMBINE WITH ANY FALLING SNOW TO CREATE GREATLY REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ009>012-022>024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-080030- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE...SENECA... HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...ALMA... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON... LEBO...GARNETT 326 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THIS WIND WOULD COMBINE WITH ANY FALLING SNOW TO CREATE GREATLY REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
220 WWUS73 KTOP 080005 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 605 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 KSZ008-020-021-034>037-080815- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE 605 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY...AND THIS WIND WOULD COMBINE WITH ANY FALLING SNOW TO CREATE GREATLY REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ009>012-022>024-026-038>040-054>056-058-059-080815- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE...SENECA... HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...ALMA... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON... LEBO...GARNETT 605 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THIS WIND WOULD COMBINE WITH ANY FALLING SNOW TO CREATE GREATLY REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
687 WWUS73 KTOP 080901 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 301 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-090000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.160208T1400Z-160209T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE... SENECA...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN... WAMEGO...HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE... EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 301 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ANY FALLING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME REDUCED AND QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
648 WWUS73 KTOP 082352 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 552 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-090100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE... SENECA...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN... WAMEGO...HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE... EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 552 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND GUSTS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:24 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa and 1 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.