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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Topeka, KS

April 25, 20216 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2021, 10:55 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2021, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

703 
WWUS73 KTOP 251555
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1055 AM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021

KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-252200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.210425T1555Z-210425T2200Z/
Republic-Washington-Cloud-Clay-Ottawa-Dickinson-
Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton,
Linn, Greenleaf, Concordia, Clay Center, Minneapolis, Bennington,
Abilene, and Herington
1055 AM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Republic, Washington, Cloud, Clay, Ottawa and 
  Dickinson Counties.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM CDT 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
131 
WWUS73 KTOP 252157
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Topeka KS
457 PM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021

KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-252300-
/O.EXP.KTOP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210425T2200Z/
Republic-Washington-Cloud-Clay-Ottawa-Dickinson-
Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton,
Linn, Greenleaf, Concordia, Clay Center, Minneapolis, Bennington,
Abilene, and Herington
457 PM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

While advisory level winds have diminished, south winds sustain 
from 15 to 25 mph through the evening.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 3:25 PM CDTFire Weather WatchTOPCloud, Republic12 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.