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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

July 5, 2011Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2011, 8:21 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 5, 2011, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2011-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

721 
WWUS83 KTOP 060121
SPSTOP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
821 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

KSZ010-022-023-060145-
MARSHALL-POTTAWATOMIE-RILEY-
821 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL RILEY...
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

THROUGH 845 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTH AT 30 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL RILEY...NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE
AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE
AFFECTED INCLUDE RANDOLPH...OLSBURG AND TUTTLE CREEK LAKE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3942 9642 3926 9675 3961 9681 3967 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 347DEG 28KT 3954 9668

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Washington40 min
Jul 5, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington34 min
Jul 5, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington36 min
Jul 5, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha41 min
Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington34 min
Jul 5, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson, Morris, Wabaunsee40 min
Jul 5, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson38 min
Jul 6, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage23 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.