Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2016, 3:25 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2016, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 2284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
151 WWUS73 KTOP 052125 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 325 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016 KSZ034>039-054-055-058-061100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.160306T1700Z-160307T0000Z/ OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY... BURLINGTON...LEBO 325 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY SUNDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT NEAR 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
316 WWUS73 KTOP 060946 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 346 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 KSZ021>024-026-040-056-059-070000- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.160306T1700Z-160307T0000Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA...GARNETT 346 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT NEAR SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ034>039-054-055-058-070000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.160306T1700Z-160307T0000Z/ OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY... BURLINGTON...LEBO 346 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT NEAR 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 ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
081 WWUS73 KTOP 061752 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1152 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 KSZ021>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO... HOLTON...OSKALOOSA...MINNEAPOLIS...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY... COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY... OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 1152 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... DECREASING A BIT AT SUNSET BUT REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
407 WWUS73 KTOP 062346 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 546 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 KSZ021>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ 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 546 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE WEAKENED THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. $$ WOLTERS
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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.