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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 18, 202015 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2020, 4:23 AM CST for 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2020, 4:23 AM CST (10:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 2020, 1:47 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 612 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
612 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
660 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

726 
WWUS73 KEAX 181023
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
423 AM CST Sat Jan 18 2020

MOZ001>008-011>017-181830-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.200118T1023Z-200118T2200Z/
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-
Including the cities of Tarkio, Rockport, Fairfax, Maryville, 
Grant City, Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, 
Mercer, Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, 
Glenwood, Mound City, Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, 
Savannah, Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, 
Union Star, Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, 
Green City, and Kirksville
423 AM CST Sat Jan 18 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and northwest 
  Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM CST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
463 
WWUS73 KEAX 181947
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
147 PM CST Sat Jan 18 2020

MOZ001>008-011>017-182100-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200118T2200Z/
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-
Including the cities of Tarkio, Rockport, Fairfax, Maryville, 
Grant City, Albany, Stanberry, King City, Bethany, Princeton, 
Mercer, Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, Greentop, Downing, 
Glenwood, Mound City, Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, 
Savannah, Country Club Villa, Maysville, Stewartsville, Osborn, 
Union Star, Clarksdale, Gallatin, Jamesport, Trenton, Milan, 
Green City, and Kirksville
147 PM CST Sat Jan 18 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind gusts have dropped to below criteria values, though gusts up
to 30 to 35 mph out of the northwest remain possible until
late Saturday afternoon.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 6:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper32 hr
Jan 18, 8:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper29 hr
Jan 18, 10:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis32 hr
Jan 18, 1:41 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryEAXAdair, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway and 4 more21 hr

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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.