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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2012, 6:04 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2012, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 326 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-012030- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 326 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO HIAWATHA. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARD WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH ONCE AGAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. BLAIR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:05 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 604 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 KSZ008-020-302330- CLOUD-REPUBLIC- 604 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTIES... THROUGH 630 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BELLEVILLE...CUBA...AGENDA AND CLYDE. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. && LAT...LON 3993 9737 3949 9737 3951 9787 3999 9755 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 291DEG 21KT 3982 9756 $$ WOYNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 52 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.