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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 11, 2021, 12:17 PM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 12, 2021, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2021, 12:17 PM CST (18:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties
Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
020 WWUS43 KTOP 111817 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 1217 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-121800- /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.Y.0002.210212T0600Z-210212T1800Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Ottawa, Burlington, Lebo, and Garnett 1217 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 15 to 20 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to noon CST Friday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ Flanagan
2 follow-up statements
529 WWUS43 KTOP 120934 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 334 AM CST Fri Feb 12 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-122215- /O.NEW.KTOP.WC.Y.0003.210213T0600Z-210213T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210212T1800Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Ottawa, Burlington, Lebo, and Garnett 334 AM CST Fri Feb 12 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 20 below zero, for both Wind Chill Advisories. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...For the first Wind Chill Advisory, until noon CST today. For the second Wind Chill Advisory, from midnight tonight to noon CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
081 WWUS43 KTOP 121805 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 1205 PM CST Fri Feb 12 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-130215- /O.EXP.KTOP.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.WC.Y.0003.210213T0600Z-210213T1800Z/ Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Grantville, Meriden, Nortonville, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, Council Grove, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, Paxico, Topeka, Lawrence, Emporia, Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Burlingame, Overbrook, Ottawa, Burlington, Lebo, and Garnett 1205 PM CST Fri Feb 12 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 20 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...For tonight's Wind Chill Advisory, from midnight tonight to noon CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
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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.