Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Topeka, KS

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
314 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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ANDERSON-
314 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM 
OVER SOUTHEAST ANDERSON COUNTY..

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3825 9507 3804 9507 3803 9508 3803 9528
      3821 9517 3829 9506 3826 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 234DEG 27KT 3823 9501

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
105 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

PHASING PAIR OF UPPER LOWS CONTINUE TO MERGE AND SPIN OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...ROTATING PIECES OF ENERGY AROUND ALL QUADS AS IT
DOES SO. 80-100KT UPPER JET MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION INTO TX/OK PANHANDLES ATTM. SFC PRESSURE PLOT IS
MORE DIFFUSE OVER EASTERN KS ATTM...AS CONVECTION HAS SENT OUTFLOW
OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS. MORE CONSISTENT NW WIND FRONTAL PATTERN
SHOWS UP OVER SE NEBRASKA INTO NW KS.

WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE WAKE OF
DEPARTING CONVECTION. SATELLITE TRENDS DO SUGGEST CLEARING BEHIND
THIS MORNINGS ROUND WHICH WOULD HELP INCREASE INSTABILITY THROUGH
THE DAY. NAM SURFACE PATTERN BEGINS TO SUGGEST AN INVERTED TROF
SETTING UP AROUND 18Z OVER THE I35 CORRIDOR IN EASTERN KS...ALSO
BRINGING THE UPPER JET OVER THE AREA AT THE SAME TIME BEFORE A
SHARP BOUNDARY HAS A CHANCE TO ESTABLISH ITSELF. STILL HAVE
RESPECTABLE SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS...WITH MU CAPE VALUES FROM
MHK WESTWARD OF 1500-2500K/KG IN THE SOUTHEAST BY 18Z. SOUNDINGS
SUGGEST CAP ERODES IN THE LATER AFTERNOON WHEN 0-6KM BULK SHEAR
VECTORS ARE IN THE 50KT RANGE. PRIMARY CONCERNS WOULD BE FOR HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. TORNADO THREAT WILL DEPEND ON HOW THE LOW
LEVEL WINDS SET UP...BUT AT THIS TIME APPEARS BETTER BACKING WILL
BE IN THE FAR SE OR EVEN FURTHER SE OUT OF OUR FORECAST AREA.
ALSO THINK STORMS WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE INTO SE KS/SW MO AND
OKLAHOMA WHERE INSTABILITY IS BETTER AND JET DYNAMICS MORE
FAVORABLE. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR WHERE BETTER CONVERGENCE SETS UP
BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AT THIS TIME HAVE PAINTED AN AREA ACROSS
THE SE FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL. MAY SEE SOME STORMS IN THE WESTERN
COUNTIES AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY ROTATES
INTO THAT AREA...BUT DO NOT THINK THOSE STORMS WOULD BE SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES PUSH SE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE
NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WITH DIMINISHING PRECIP CHANCES NW TO SE. LOWS
DROP INTO THE 50S AS STRONGER PUSH OF COOLER AIR MOVES EASTWARD.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KEPT A DRY FORECAST FOR LATER TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS
THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD. HIGHS IN THE 70S EXPECTED
WITH LOWS IN THE 50S. BY THURSDAY...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE SW
US BEGINS SENDING SHORTWAVE TROFS INTO THE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...OVER THE BOUNDARY RESIDING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS
BRINGS CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION EACH DAY AND ALTHOUGH DO NOT
EXPECT RAIN ALL DAY EVERY DAY DO ANTICIPATE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND
STORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES RETURN TOWARD 80 BY THE
WEEKEND.

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.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 104 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

VFR EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDED VCTS TO THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON
FOR POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT THE MAIN CONVECTION TO
REMAIN SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS. WINDS SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KTS OR
LESS BECOMING MORE WESTERLY UNDER 10 KTS AFTER 04Z.

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...67
LONG TERM...67
AVIATION...53

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
114 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-211815-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
114 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF
THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS THURSDAY...WITH INTERMITTENT
CHANCES FOR STORMS INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1214 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

0810 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N BELLEVILLE          39.85N 97.63W
05/19/2013                   REPUBLIC           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY DEPUTY.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
248 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

KSZ059-202015-
ANDERSON-
248 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...

THROUGH 315 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. LONE
ELM IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 9507 3804 9507 3803 9508 3803 9516
      3803 9531 3807 9535 3816 9528 3830 9507
      3826 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 234DEG 27KT 3812 9520

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