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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 24, 2016, 3:39 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 24, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2016, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Coffey County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 2117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
733 WWUS73 KTOP 240839 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 339 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 KSZ037-038-054-055-058-242100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.160424T1700Z-160425T0000Z/ MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON...BURLINGAME... OVERBROOK...BURLINGTON...LEBO 339 AM CDT SUN APR 24 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...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT THEIR STRONGEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SHOULD INCREASE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON. && $$ WOLTERS
2 follow-up statements
705 WWUS73 KTOP 242102 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 402 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 KSZ037-038-054-055-058-250000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160425T0000Z/ MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON...BURLINGAME... OVERBROOK...BURLINGTON...LEBO 402 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT THEIR STRONGEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE ANY LAWN FURNITURE OR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON. && $$
454 WWUS73 KTOP 242356 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 656 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 KSZ037-038-054-055-058-250100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160425T0000Z/ MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL GROVE...ALMA...ESKRIDGE... MAPLE HILL...ALTA VISTA...MCFARLAND...HARVEYVILLE...PAXICO... EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...LYNDON...BURLINGAME... OVERBROOK...BURLINGTON...LEBO 656 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING...BUT SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 50 min |
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.