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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 2:57 PM CDT for Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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 8, 2012, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Coffey County, KS
The radar
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As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Aug 8, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 257 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 KSZ055-058-082015- COFFEY-OSAGE- 257 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSAGE AND NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTIES... THROUGH 315 PM CDT...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OSAGE AND NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BETO JUNCTION...COFFEY COUNTY AIRPORT...NEW STRAWN AND WAVERLY. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 158 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. && LAT...LON 3838 9554 3823 9577 3839 9595 3850 9580 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 313DEG 14KT 3839 9581 $$ BOWEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 14 min |
| Aug 8, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 23 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.