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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

June 1, 2011Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2011, 8:02 PM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 1, 2011, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 10.8

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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 Jun 1, 3:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
351 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

.DISCUSSION...

TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...

MAIN CONCERN IS ONGOING CONVECTION.

PERSISTENT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED VERY SLOWLY
NORTHEAST OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO
INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. VERY LITTLE UPPER FLOW HAS LIMITED STORMS
ABILITY TO ORGANIZE SO EXPECT MOSTLY HEAVY RAIN WITH A LIMITED HAIL
THREAT. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FIRE THIS EVENING IN VICINITY OF WARM
FRONT AS IT MOVES NORTH. BEHIND THE FRONT...CONVECTIVE THREAT
DIMINISHES AND THURSDAY WILL SEE TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AS THE ARE REMAINS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED
IN THE WARM SECTOR. KWH

UPPER RIDGE AXIS REMAINS OVER MID AMERICA THROUGH MOST OF THE
REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT BETTER CHANCES
FOR PRECIP AS WE REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF STRONGER WESTERLIES. BEST
CHANCES WORTH MENTIONING APPEAR TO BE FRI NIGHT IN NC KS AND SAT
NIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AS MCS COULD DEVELOP
OVER NEBRASKA EACH NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF REMNANTS
AFFECTING NORTHERN COUNTIES.

ADDITIONAL PRECIP CHANCE COULD BE POSSIBLE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK AS TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME COMING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST...AND
ANY WEAK DISTURBANCE COULD SET OFF ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME HAVE NOT ADDED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
THAT FAR OUT FOR EASTERN KS AS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS.

OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SUMMERLIKE WITH LOWS IN THE 60S
TO LOWER 70S AND HIGHS IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. 60

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE TAF PERIOD. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH MHK AND WILL EFFECT TOP
AND FOE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY COULD
BRIEFLY DROP TO MVFR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECIP SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE TAF SITES BY SUNSET WITH GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

ANDERSON

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
505 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-021000-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
505 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH
SOME THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.  THERE IS A CHANCE FOR AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONALLY...HAIL OF GOLFBALL SIZE OR LARGER AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2011

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

0734 PM     HAIL             4 SE ABILENE            38.87N 97.15W
06/01/2011  E1.25 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOTS OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH HALF DOLLARS MIXED IN.

&&

KC

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:42 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
742 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2011

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

0724 PM     HAIL             7 W AGENDA              39.71N 97.56W
06/01/2011  E2.00 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            210 AND VALLEY ROAD

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:45 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
745 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2011

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

0744 PM     HAIL             NE ABILENE              38.92N 97.21W
06/01/2011  E1.75 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:48 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
748 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2011

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

0740 PM     HAIL             ABILENE                 38.92N 97.21W
06/01/2011  E2.75 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KC

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:51 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
751 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2011

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

0749 PM     HAIL             NE ABILENE              38.92N 97.21W
06/01/2011  E2.75 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL HAIL COVERING GROUND.

&&

JB

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSZ023-038-039-020130-
POTTAWATOMIE-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-
802 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE...
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES...

THROUGH 830 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE
AND NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
KEENE...PAXICO...WILLARD...ST. MARYS...SILVER LAKE...ROSSVILLE AND
MAPLE HILL. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 331
AND 348 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.

STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3916 9580 3886 9611 3896 9630 3929 9607
      3928 9603 3922 9603 3922 9592
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 214DEG 13KT 3898 9614

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	41 min
Jun 1, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	47 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Pottawatomie, Riley	47 min
Jun 1, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	46 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	46 min
Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	25 min
Jun 1, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	3 hr
Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	21 min
Jun 1, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	34 min
Jun 1, 9:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	3 hr
Jun 1, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	56 min
Jun 1, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	24 hr
Jun 1, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	39 min
Jun 1, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	29 min
Jun 1, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	38 min
Jun 1, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	63 min
Jun 1, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Riley, Washington	47 min
Jun 1, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay	36 min
Jun 1, 10:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Riley, Washington	4 hr
Jun 1, 11:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	4 hr
Jun 1, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	50 min
Jun 1, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	2 hr
Jun 1, 11:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	22 hr
Jun 1, 11:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley	6 hr
Jun 1, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	65 min
Jun 1, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	54 min
Jun 1, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	49 min
Jun 2, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	23 min
Jun 2, 12:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	6 hr
Jun 2, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	48 min
Jun 2, 12:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	117 min
Jun 2, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	42 min
Jun 2, 1:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	6 hr
Jun 2, 1:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	6 days
Jun 2, 1:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Clay	5 days
Jun 2, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	22 min
Jun 2, 2:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	4 days
Jun 2, 3:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson	56 hr
Jun 2, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	4 hr
Jun 2, 5:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	4 hr
Jun 2, 5:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Shawnee	24 hr
Jun 2, 5:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	24 hr
Jun 2, 6:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	39 hr
Jun 2, 6:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa, Saline	6 days
Jun 2, 6:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa, Republic	4 hr
Jun 2, 7:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	115 min
Jun 2, 7:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	14 hr
Jun 2, 7:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Washington	6 hr
Jun 2, 7:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	24 hr
Jun 2, 7:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	27 hr
Jun 2, 8:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	13 hr
Jun 2, 8:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	6 hr
Jun 2, 9:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Ottawa and 4 more	12 hr
Jun 2, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa, Saline	4 days
Jun 2, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	33 hr
Jun 2, 11:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee	6 hr
Jun 2, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	36 hr
Jun 2, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	18 hr
Jun 2, 12:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	9 hr
Jun 2, 2:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	6 hr
Jun 2, 4:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee	5 hr

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.