Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2016, 3:20 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2016, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Clay 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, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 443 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
526 WWUS73 KTOP 172120 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 320 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016 KSZ054>056-058-059-180530- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.160218T1700Z-160219T0100Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA... BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 320 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
967 WWUS73 KTOP 180445 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1045 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016 KSZ054>056-058-059-181200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.160218T1700Z-160219T0100Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA... BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 1045 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
319 WWUS73 KTOP 180930 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ021>024-026-034>040-182200- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.160218T1700Z-160219T0100Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 330 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS QUICKLY INCREASE DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS FROM 11 AM THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ KSZ054>056-058-059-182200- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.160218T1700Z-160219T0100Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...OTTAWA... BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 330 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS QUICKLY INCREASE BY MID MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS FROM 11 AM THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
617 WWUS73 KTOP 182127 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 327 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ021>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190100- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160219T0100Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY... OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 327 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN RATHER CONSISTENT THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
469 WWUS73 KTOP 190057 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 657 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ021>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190200- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160219T0100Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY... OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 657 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
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.