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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

June 16, 2011Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2011, 9:41 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 16, 2011, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 404 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-524 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 16, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
750 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-180100-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
750 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT GENERALLY
WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR AGENDA TO SOLOMON. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN REPUBLIC...CLOUD...OTTAWA...CLAY AND DICKINSON
COUNTIES DUE TO PREVIOUS RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST
IN MORE ORGANIZED AND WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR AGENDA TO
SOLOMON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
850 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ034-170245-
OTTAWA-
850 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OTTAWA COUNTY...

THROUGH 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
TESCOTT...ADA...CULVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...NILES AND WELLS.
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY 10 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 9794 3925 9789 3911 9737 3896 9737
      3895 9740 3895 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 243DEG 25KT 3894 9800
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
941 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

KSZ034-170345-
OTTAWA-
941 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...

THROUGH 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE OUTFLOW WINDS FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS OF
45 TO 55 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
TESCOTT...ADA...CULVER...MINNEAPOLIS...BENNINGTON...NILES AND WELLS.
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY 11 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9793 3928 9783 3896 9737 3896 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 233DEG 31KT 3931 9791

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa55 min
Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson63 min
Jun 16, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha26 min
Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha33 min
Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown31 min
Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson30 min
Jun 17, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson47 min
Jun 17, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris38 min
Jun 17, 12:54 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee66 min
Jun 17, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage, Wabaunsee41 min
Jun 17, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey, Lyon, Morris49 min
Jun 17, 5:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMorris2 hr
Jun 17, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon31 min
Jun 17, 5:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage113 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.