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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

September 19, 2013Brown County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 19, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2013, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Brown County, KS

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The text

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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 Sep 19, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 11:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 2:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
300 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

KSZ012-192030-
BROWN-
300 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY...

THROUGH 330 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY. 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 RESERVE.

STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3985 9561 3997 9578 4001 9574 4000 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 226DEG 29KT 3995 9564

WOYNICK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	21 min
Sep 19, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	30 min
Sep 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	46 min
Sep 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	32 min
Sep 19, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	40 min
Sep 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	29 min
Sep 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	31 min
Sep 19, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	44 min
Sep 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	36 min
Sep 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	28 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.