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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this high wind warning at Apr 27, 2024, 4:51 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2024, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2024, 6:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
789 WWUS73 KTOP 272151 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 451 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 KSZ022-023-038-280000- /O.NEW.KTOP.HW.W.0002.240427T2151Z-240428T0000Z/ Riley-Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee- Including the cities of Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, and Paxico 451 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Variable winds of 60 to 80 mph. * WHERE...Riley, Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several reports of high winds blowing over semis on I-70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
1 follow-up statement
846 WWUS73 KTOP 272358 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Topeka KS 658 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 KSZ022-023-038-280100- /O.CAN.KTOP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240428T0000Z/ Riley-Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee- Including the cities of Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Alta Vista, McFarland, Harveyville, and Paxico 658 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... Strong winds have diminished. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 16 min |
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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.