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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS

April 5, 20167 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

574 
WWUS73 KTOP 050853
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
353 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

KSZ035>038-054-055-058-052130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.160405T1700Z-160406T0000Z/
DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...HERINGTON...JUNCTION CITY...
COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE...MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...
MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...
CARBONDALE...LYNDON...BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...BURLINGTON...LEBO
353 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
  THEN DECREASE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO AROUND SUNSET.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 
  LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
647 
WWUS73 KTOP 060026
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
726 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

KSZ035>038-054-055-058-060130-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160406T0000Z/
DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...HERINGTON...JUNCTION CITY...
COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE...MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...
MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...
CARBONDALE...LYNDON...BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...BURLINGTON...LEBO
726 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY SUBSIDED SO THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN IN
THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:48 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTOPAnderson, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more17 hr

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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.