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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Topeka, KS

April 24, 20165 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-04-24Temperature 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 2016-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa40 min
Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa47 min
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic42 min
Apr 24, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall37 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa46 min
Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic30 min
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Riley35 min
Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic37 min
Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson50 min

Nearby

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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.