Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 6, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
155 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001

SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL MAIN CONCERN BUT THAT ONLY IN EARLY PART OF
FORECAST.

INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR MAJOR SVR WEATHER OUTBREAK THROUGH
THIS EVENING. STG WIND FIELDS APPEAR SUFFICIENT FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
HELICITY VALUES AND INSTABILITY GOOD FOR ISOLD TORNADOS AT LEAST
INTO EARLY EVENING. LATER EVENING BECOMES MORE A WIND EVENT. SQUALL
LINE MOVES THROUGH LATE EVENING SCOURING OUT MOISTURE...BUT WITH SFC
LOW STILL INTENSIFYING...WINDY CONDS WILL PERSIST.

GRADIENT STILL SUFFICIENT FOR WINDY CONDS IN THE MORNING...BUT
RELAXES IN THE AFTERNOON FOR DMSHG WINDS. LTL OF CONSEQUENCE UNTIL
SUNDAY NIGHT...WHEN QUESTION IS WHETHER MOISTURE IS SUFFICIENT FOR
REDEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS. FOR NOW WILL HOLD WITH DRY
FORECAST...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

WILL LEAN TOWARD MAV NUMBERS RE. TEMPERATURE FORECAST.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
945 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001

...VERY STRONG WINDS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...

STRONG...AND EVEN DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH 1 AM.  SOME
OF THESE WINDS WILL NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS.
PERSONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS CAN EXPECT WINDS
OF 40 TO 55 MPH...WITH WINDS WELL OVER 70 MPH POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.  BE PREPARED
FOR THESE STRONG WINDS THROUGH ABOUT 1 AM AND REMAIN INDOORS...AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.