Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Topeka, KS
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:25 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 12 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.