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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more | 17 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.