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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2012, 4:55 AM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 27, 2012, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Douglas County, KS
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Apr 27, 4:04 AM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 4:04 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:55 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 27, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 24 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.