Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 1:08 AM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
129 WWUS83 KTOP 020608 SPSTOP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 108 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 KSZ008-020-020700- CLOUD-REPUBLIC- 108 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTIES... THROUGH 200 AM CDT...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF REPUBLIC COUNTY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST BEHIND THE STRONGER WINDS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CLOUD AND WESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE GUSTY WINDS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BELLEVILLE...MUNDEN...CUBA...AGENDA...NARKA...JAMESTOWN AND CONCORDIA. && LAT...LON 4000 9737 3967 9738 3954 9793 4000 9794 TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 270DEG 22KT 3995 9774 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic, Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Riley, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 2:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.