Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2017, 11:02 AM CST for Brown County, Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017, 11:02 AM CST (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2017, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Brown County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 2565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
804 WWUS73 KTOP 131702 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 1102 AM CST Wed Dec 13 2017 KSZ010>012-132100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.171213T1702Z-171213T2100Z/ Marshall-Nemaha-Brown- Including the cities of Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, and Horton 1102 AM CST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * TIMING...Through the afternoon hours. * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained between 30 and 35 MPH with gusts upwards of 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...Motorists should use caution, especially high-profile vehicles. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
505 WWUS73 KTOP 132054 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 254 PM CST Wed Dec 13 2017 KSZ010>012-132200- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171213T2100Z/ Marshall-Nemaha-Brown- Including the cities of Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, and Horton 254 PM CST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... Wind speeds have decreased below wind advisory criteria, therefore the advisory will be allowed to expire at 3 PM. $$
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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.