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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:49 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, 8.8 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
- 2525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458 WWUS73 KTOP 070845 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 345 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-072130- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.160407T1700Z-160408T0000Z/ 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...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS... FRANKFORT...SABETHA...SENECA...HIAWATHA...HORTON...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS...HOLTON... VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH...GRANTVILLE... MERIDEN...NORTONVILLE...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE... HERINGTON...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON... BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 345 AM CDT THU APR 7 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 THIS MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE EARLY TO MIDDLE AFTERNOON HOURS. SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS COMMONLY OF 40 TO 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
512 WWUS73 KTOP 072044 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 344 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-080000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...WASHINGTON...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS... FRANKFORT...SABETHA...SENECA...HIAWATHA...HORTON...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS...HOLTON... VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH...GRANTVILLE... MERIDEN...NORTONVILLE...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE... HERINGTON...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON... BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 344 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS COMMONLY OF 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
958 WWUS73 KTOP 072355 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 655 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-080100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ 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...HANOVER... CLIFTON...LINN...GREENLEAF...MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS... FRANKFORT...SABETHA...SENECA...HIAWATHA...HORTON...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ST. MARYS...HOLTON... VALLEY FALLS...OSKALOOSA...PERRY...MCLOUTH...GRANTVILLE... MERIDEN...NORTONVILLE...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...ABILENE... HERINGTON...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON... BURLINGAME...OVERBROOK...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON...LEBO...GARNETT 655 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY WEAKENED AND WILL CONTINUE TO CALM DOWN THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:49 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 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.