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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2021, 7:37 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2021, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2021, 3:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
665 WWUS73 KTOP 211237 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 737 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ008>010-020>023-034>038-054-055-058-212045- /O.NEW.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.210321T1237Z-210321T2100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Pottawatomie-Ottawa- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Lyon-Osage-Coffey- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Burlington, and Lebo 737 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...South winds sustained at 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
2 follow-up statements
876 WWUS73 KTOP 211249 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 749 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ008>010-020>023-034>038-054-055-058-212100- /O.CON.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T2100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Pottawatomie-Ottawa- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Lyon-Osage-Coffey- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Burlington, and Lebo 749 AM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...South winds sustained at 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
527 WWUS73 KTOP 212012 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 312 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 KSZ008>010-020>023-034>038-054-055-058-212115- /O.CAN.KTOP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210321T2100Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Cloud-Clay-Riley-Pottawatomie-Ottawa- Dickinson-Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-Lyon-Osage-Coffey- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Burlington, and Lebo 312 PM CDT Sun Mar 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have decreased below advisory levels, therefore the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. Gusty winds will continue through late afternoon then decrease. $$
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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.