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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

May 19, 2013Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2013, 7:32 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
May 19, 2013, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Morris County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1603 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 19, 7:03 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:03 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 419 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA
THIS EVENING. UPPER JET IS NOSING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH
MUCH OF THE CWA UNDER THE FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT REGION ENHANCING LIFT
OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
OF 8 TO 9 DEGREES CELSIUS HAVE OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST KANSAS AS THE
UPPER TROUGH PIVOTS NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPE
VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO 2000 TO 4000 J/KG AND BULK SHEAR OF 40 TO
50 KTS. POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. 0-1 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY 100 TO
150 M2/S2 IS FORECAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
CWA TONIGHT BEFORE STALLING SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE TOWARD
MORNING. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S NORTH CENTRAL TO
THE MID 60S EAST CENTRAL.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 419 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

UPPER LOW WILL CUTOFF OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY AND MOVE
LITTLE THROUGH TUESDAY. WITH THE COLD AIR ALOFT THERE WILL BE
STEEPER LAPSE RATES AND A CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR SOME CONVECTION
GRAZING THE NORTHERN CWA UNTIL THE UPPER LOW SPINS EASTWARD BY
WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE BOUNDARY THAT GETS PUSHED
SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN KS WILL LINGER WITH CONTINUED CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND ESPECIALLY THE FAR SOUTHEAST
CWA UNTIL THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER TROUGH PUSHES THE
BOUNDARY AND DRIER AIR SOUTH OF THE CWA. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE IN THE
80S...THEN COOLING INTO GENERALLY THE MIDDLE 70S FOR TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. AS THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK...WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA AS UPPER RIDGING ALOFT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. THIS WILL WARRANT A REINTRODUCTION OF CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.  AS THIS OCCURS...HIGHS
SHOULD BEGIN TO EDGE BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 703 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MAIN LINE OF STORMS HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TOP AND
FOE TERMINALS. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE TERMINAL
AREA BETWEEN 01Z AND 03Z. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF
CONVECTION AND AFTER 05Z.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...53
LONG TERM...63
AVIATION...53
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 7:15 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-210015-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE AREA TO THE
EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 BY 730 PM. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
FURTHER TO THE WEST IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MAY STILL
MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SEVERE HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS BEFORE WEAKENING. ANY ADDITIONAL HAIL IS EXPECTED
TO BE QUARTER SIZE OR SMALLER...BUT MAY STILL CONTAIN DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

A TORNADO WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL
10 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH HIGHER CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS
EVENING BEFORE STORMS WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
643 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE COUNCIL GROVE      38.70N 96.44W
05/19/2013                   MORRIS             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            DAMAGE TO A HOME AND AN OUT BUILDING WAS DESTROYED ON OLD
            K4 HIGHWAY.

&&

JW
Local storm report, May 19, 6:56 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
656 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0650 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAWRENCE AIRPORT        39.02N 95.22W
05/19/2013  M59 MPH          DOUGLAS            KS   ASOS

&&

KSANDERS
Local storm report, May 19, 7:02 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
702 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     S WHITING               39.58N 95.61W
05/19/2013  E60.00 MPH       JACKSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KSANDERS
Local storm report, May 19, 7:09 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W MCLOUTH             39.20N 95.23W
05/19/2013                   JEFFERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES BLOWN DOWN ON K-16 HIGHWAY ABOUT 1.5 MILES WEST OF
            MCLOUTH.

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OSKALOOSA               39.22N 95.31W
05/19/2013                   JEFFERSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DAMAGE TO METAL ROOFS AT A LUMBER YARD ON HIGHWAY 59.

&&

JW
Local storm report, May 19, 7:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
719 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 ESE OSKALOOSA         39.20N 95.21W
05/19/2013                   JEFFERSON          KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE CAME DOWN ON VACANT HOUSE

&&

KSANDERS
Special weather statement, May 19, 7:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
732 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSZ035-037-200100-
DICKINSON-MORRIS-
732 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORRIS AND SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON
COUNTIES...

THROUGH 800 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF MORRIS AND SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE LATIMER...WILSEY...
WHITE CITY...PARKERVILLE AND DWIGHT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9694 3861 9694 3861 9705 3887 9681
      3887 9651 3883 9650 3882 9639 3852 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 226DEG 44KT 3861 9689

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey39 min
May 19, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic47 min
May 19, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington44 min
May 19, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson27 min
May 20, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson30 min
May 20, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson37 min
May 20, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson28 min
May 20, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson27 min
May 20, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson18 min

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Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.