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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Topeka, KS

February 13, 202123 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 13, 2021, 3:34 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 14, 2021, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2021, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 15, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
42 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 09:38 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, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-02-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Feb 12, 11:19 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 11:19 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 4:09 PM CST, 11 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
409 PM CST Fri Feb 12 2021

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-132215-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
409 PM CST Fri Feb 12 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north
central and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Wind chill values of 15 to 20 below zero are expected tonight
into Saturday morning. A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for the
entire area for tonight into tomorrow morning.

Light snow is expected this afternoon through Saturday morning.
The best chances for accumulating snow are along and north of
Highway 9 where around an inch snow is possible. Other areas may
see around a dusting.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Wind chill readings are forecast to range from 10 below zero to
30 below through Tuesday. The coldest wind chills look to be
during the morning Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

Another chance for accumulating snow comes Sunday into Monday
with the best chances across north central and east central
Kansas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at...
http://www.weather.gov/top/sitrep

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 3:34 AM CSTWind Chill WatchTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more24 hr
Feb 13, 3:34 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more38 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.