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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 19, 2017, 3:21 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 19, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2017, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
481 WWUS73 KTOP 190821 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 321 AM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 KSZ008-009-020>022-034>038-200000- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.170919T1800Z-170920T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary- Morris-Wabaunsee- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, and Paxico 321 AM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Gusty winds will increase by early afternoon and peak during the afternoon hours. Winds will begin to subside after sunset. * WINDS...South to southeast winds 25 to 30 mph sustained with gusts up from 35 to 45 mph. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
453 WWUS73 KTOP 192353 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 653 PM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 KSZ008-009-020>022-034>038-200100- /O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170920T0000Z/ Republic-Washington-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary- Morris-Wabaunsee- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, and Paxico 653 PM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Winds have diminished below advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 39 min |
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.