Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2017, 1:17 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2017, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2017, 3:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 628 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 681 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
829 WWUS73 KTOP 231817 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 117 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-240800- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.170323T1817Z-170324T1000Z/ 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 117 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 5 AM CDT Friday. * WINDS...Southerly winds will remain sustained at 25 to 35 MPH with gusts upwards of 40 to 50 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
360 WWUS73 KTOP 240050 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 750 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-240900- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170324T1000Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Ottawa, Burlington, Lebo, and Garnett 750 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...South winds will continue to gust between 30 and 40 MPH. There is the potential winds could gusts to around 45 MPH through the night. * IMPACTS...Driving high profile vehicles and east to west roads will be difficult. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or gusts to 45 mph are expected. Steps should be taken to secure any lawn furniture or light weight objects and use extra caution when driving. && $$ Wolters
605 WWUS73 KTOP 240837 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 337 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-240945- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170324T1000Z/ 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 337 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Topeka has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Southerly wind will increase to 15 to 25 MPH with some gusts to near 40 during the mid morning hours across east central Kansas, but will decrease towards noon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 10:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 9 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.