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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

July 24, 2011Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2011, 5:29 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 24, 2011, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Dickinson County, KS

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The text

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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 Jul 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
357 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-252100-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
357 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING FOR
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS HEAT INDICES WILL COMMONLY REACH 105
TO 115 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 56
WHERE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 103 TO 107 WILL BE COMMON.

HEAT INDICES OF 103 TO 107 DEGREES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY ALONG WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 24, 5:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
529 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

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

0505 PM     HAIL             3 E TALMAGE             39.03N 97.20W
07/24/2011  E1.25 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   PUBLIC

            2 OTHER SEPARATE REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL ADJACENT TO
            LOCATION.

&&

JB

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
529 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

KSZ021-035-242315-
CLAY-DICKINSON-
529 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND NORTH
CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTIES...

THROUGH 615 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND NORTH CENTRAL DICKINSON
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF CLAY COUNTY. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
282 AND 289 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3915 9730 3916 9698 3903 9696 3898 9697
      3895 9724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 211DEG 14KT 3909 9717

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	31 min
Jul 24, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	28 min
Jul 24, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	37 min
Jul 24, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	45 min
Jul 24, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	41 min
Jul 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	49 min
Jul 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	39 min
Jul 24, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	34 min
Jul 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	51 min
Jul 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	47 min
Jul 24, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	39 min
Jul 24, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	60 min
Jul 24, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.