Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2017, 3:27 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 7, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2017, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 09:30 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, 9.5 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
- 707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted.
977 WWUS73 KTOP 070927 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 327 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 KSZ008>010-020>023-034>039-054-055-058-080000- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.170307T1800Z-170308T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Pottawatomie-Ottawa- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Lyon-Osage-Coffey- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Burlington, and Lebo 327 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * WINDS...Westerly winds will increase this afternoon with sustained winds nearing 20 to 30 mph, and gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Driving high profile vehicles will be difficult. Any light weight objects left outside will 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
004 WWUS73 KTOP 071717 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 1117 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 KSZ011-012-024-026-040-056-059-080000- /O.EXA.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.170307T1800Z-170308T0000Z/ Nemaha-Brown-Jackson-Jefferson-Douglas-Franklin-Anderson- Including the cities of Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Lawrence, Ottawa, and Garnett 1117 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * WINDS...Westerly winds will increase this afternoon with sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph, and gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Driving high profile vehicles will be difficult. Any light weight objects left outside will be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or gusts to 45 mph are expected. Steps should be taken to secure any lawn furniture or light weight objects and use extra caution when driving. && $$ KSZ008>010-020>023-034>039-054-055-058-080000- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.170307T1800Z-170308T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Pottawatomie-Ottawa- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Lyon-Osage-Coffey- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Burlington, and Lebo 1117 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Westerly winds will increase this afternoon with sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph, and gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Driving high profile vehicles will be difficult. Any light weight objects left outside will 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. && $$
794 WWUS73 KTOP 080008 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 608 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-080115- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170308T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Ottawa, Burlington, Lebo, and Garnett 608 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds will continue to decrease through the evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 18 min |
| Mar 6, 7:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 18 min |
| Mar 6, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more | 12 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.