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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2011Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2011, 10:49 AM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2011, 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Douglas County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 772 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 25, 6:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 6:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, May 25, 7:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
722 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0722 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BLAINE                  39.50N 96.40W
05/25/2011  M2.00 INCH       POTTAWATOMIE       KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

ANDERSON
Local storm report, May 25, 7:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
751 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NORWAY                  39.70N 97.77W
05/25/2011  M2.04 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL

&&

ANDERSON
Special weather statement, May 25, 10:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1049 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

KSZ026-040-251615-
DOUGLAS-JEFFERSON-
1049 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND
NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1115 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE LAWRENCE...LECOMPTON...WILLIAMSTOWN AND
PERRY. MOTORISTS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195
AND 205 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 9513 3889 9540 3913 9540 3912 9518
      3897 9518 3897 9517 3898 9517 3898 9516
      3897 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 177DEG 23KT 3895 9528

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee28 min
May 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee52 min
May 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee39 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Pottawatomie, Shawnee31 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa30 hr
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey, Lyon33 min
May 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 24, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa67 min
May 24, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCloud, Ottawa, Republic110 min
May 24, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay, Geary, Riley54 min
May 24, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris36 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey, Jackson, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee44 min
May 24, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage and 1 more41 min
May 24, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey34 min
May 25, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon20 min
May 25, 1:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud3 days
May 25, 2:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud3 days
May 25, 2:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay5 days
May 25, 3:58 AM CDTWind AdvisoryTOPCloud, Ottawa, Republic15 hr
May 25, 10:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee82 min
May 25, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson28 min
May 25, 11:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee54 min
May 25, 1:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Nemaha and 2 more113 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie112 min

Nearby

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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.