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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

June 27, 2013Brown County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2013, 10:13 AM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2013, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Brown County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 27, 6:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 8:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:13 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1013 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013

KSZ011-012-271545-
BROWN-NEMAHA-
1013 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NEMAHA AND
NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1045 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEMAHA AND NORTHWESTERN BROWN
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE SABETHA...
MORRILL...FAIRVIEW...HAMLIN AND RESERVE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3980 9559 3985 9584 4000 9598 4001 9592
      4000 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 294DEG 20KT 4003 9583

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	47 min
Jun 27, 10:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown	114 min
Jun 27, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	38 min
Jun 27, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	43 min
Jun 27, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington	47 min
Jun 27, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	23 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	31 min
Jun 27, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown	65 min
Jun 27, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	42 min
Jun 27, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	24 min
Jun 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	26 min
Jun 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.