Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2017, 3:24 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2017, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 3:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson 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, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
732 WWUS73 KTOP 050824 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 324 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017 KSZ022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-052100- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.170405T0824Z-170405T2100Z/ Riley-Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, 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 324 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * TIMING...The strongest winds are expected from around sunrise into the early afternoon hours. * WINDS...Northerly Gusts to 45 mph are likely. * IMPACTS...Travel along east west roadways may become hazardous, particularly for light and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
092 WWUS73 KTOP 052018 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 318 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017 KSZ022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-052130- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170405T2100Z/ Riley-Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Ottawa, Burlington, Lebo, and Garnett 318 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Topeka has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds are slowly decreasing across the forecast area this afternoon, and have fallen below advisory criteria. Winds will continue to diminish into the evening, therefore the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Morris | 110 min |
| Apr 4, 11:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 28 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 4 days |
| Apr 5, 4:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 4 days |
| Apr 5, 4:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 27 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 48 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.