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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

July 29, 2011Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2011, 6:48 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2011, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Franklin County, KS

The radar

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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 Jul 29, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

.DISCUSSION...

ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON NORTH OF A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR COUNCIL GROVE
TO OTTAWA. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY ACROSS MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES IN THE WARM SECTOR.
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT AIDED BY DAY TIME HEATING AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATING
AROUND THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE CENTERED
IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS FROM WET MICROBURSTS WITH
WEAK SHEAR ALOFT AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER AN INCH AND
HALF.

THE BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO LINGER IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
POSSIBLE AIDED BY DAY TIME HEATING AND WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY
ROUNDING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE.

TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY WITH HEAT AND
HUMIDITY IMPACTS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODEL
CONSISTENCY CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT NEXT WEEK. THE WARM
FRONT WILL SURGE NORTH THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TIGHTENING ACROSS THE REGION. BEHIND THIS FRONT...A HOT
AND MUGGY AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS PRODUCING
HEAT INDEX VALUES GENERALLY RANGING FROM NEAR 103 TO 111.

FORECAST MODELS SUPPORT A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE
TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO
NORTHERN KANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH AERIAL COVERAGE
DEPENDENT UPON DAY TO DAY MESOSCALE SET UP.

ANGLE

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED NEAR THE TERMINALS. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT.

ANDERSON

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
FOR KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
335 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-302045-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
335 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST FOR THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FOR MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 103 TO 111 DEGREES DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS OF SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
402 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

0401 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW HERINGTON          38.62N 96.99W
07/29/2011  E60.00 MPH       DICKINSON          KS   PUBLIC

&&

JL

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
409 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

0409 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E HERINGTON           38.66N 96.89W
07/29/2011  E60 MPH          MORRIS             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JL

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
433 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

KSZ036-037-292200-
GEARY-MORRIS-
433 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHERN
GEARY COUNTIES...

THROUGH 500 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHERN GEARY
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
WHITE CITY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9693 3881 9693 3882 9689 3887 9689
      3887 9693 3898 9692 3897 9650 3871 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 207DEG 20KT 3879 9685

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:16 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
616 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

KSZ023-038-300000-
POTTAWATOMIE-WABAUNSEE-
616 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTH
CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTIES...

THROUGH 700 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTH CENTRAL WABAUNSEE
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE
STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD
BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ST. MARYS...EMMETT...ONAGA AND HAVENSVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 9604 3955 9603 3914 9604 3912 9628
      3926 9644 3957 9617 3957 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 218DEG 20KT 3926 9629

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
648 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

KSZ056-059-300015-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-
648 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON AND
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

THROUGH 715 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTH AT 10 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE RICHMOND AND PRINCETON.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3856 9543 3849 9515 3824 9528 3829 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 197DEG 10KT 3834 9536

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	37 min
Jul 28, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	23 min
Jul 28, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
Jul 28, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	36 min
Jul 28, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Riley	28 min
Jul 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	31 min
Jul 28, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	32 min
Jul 29, 3:51 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	12 hr
Jul 29, 3:43 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	5 days
Jul 29, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	40 min
Jul 29, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	27 min
Jul 29, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	44 min
Jul 29, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	29 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.