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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

April 3, 2014Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 12:41 AM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 3, 2014, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 427 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
427 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 Apr 3, 12:25 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:25 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 3:34 PM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
334 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-032045-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
334 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AT GREATER RISK FOR SEVERE
STORMS. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH
AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP NEAR INTERSTATE 70 BY MID
EVENING AND LIFT NORTHWARD LATE TONIGHT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS FAR EASTERN KANSAS MID TO LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD
FRONT TRACKS EASTWARD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS
EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 11:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1132 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSZ009-010-022-023-030500-
MARSHALL-POTTAWATOMIE-RILEY-WASHINGTON-
1132 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RILEY...NORTHWESTERN
POTTAWATOMIE...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...

THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN RILEY...NORTHWESTERN
POTTAWATOMIE...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD
BE AFFECTED INCLUDE RANDOLPH AND BLUE RAPIDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 9644 3930 9696 3957 9696 3977 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 236DEG 37KT 3946 9688
Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1139 PM CDT WED APR 02 2014

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

1138 PM     HAIL             2 W HOYT                39.25N 95.75W
04/02/2014  E0.75 INCH       JACKSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1141 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSZ024-026-030515-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
1141 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
JACKSON COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1215 AM CDT...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
JACKSON COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MAYETTA...HOLTON...DENISON
AND VALLEY FALLS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3940 9522 3922 9559 3922 9583 3940 9594
      3960 9559 3958 9556 3943 9556 3941 9555
      3941 9525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 233DEG 35KT 3926 9573
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 11:51 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1151 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSZ008-009-020-030515-
CLOUD-REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-
1151 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC...
NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1215 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC...NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CLYDE...AGENDA AND
HADDAM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3970 9705 3956 9730 3957 9736 3952 9737
      3943 9754 3963 9757 3989 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 222DEG 44KT 3953 9749
Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:55 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1155 PM CDT WED APR 02 2014

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

1150 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LONE ELM                38.08N 95.24W
04/02/2014                   ANDERSON           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROADS WITH FLOWING WATER OVER THEM
            FROM 6OO ROAD SOUTH TO THE COUNTY LINE.

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson45 min
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson24 min
Apr 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin47 min
Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin27 min
Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson48 min
Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin39 min
Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary40 min
Apr 2, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin49 min
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson33 min
Apr 2, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson21 min
Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary29 min
Apr 2, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee40 min
Apr 2, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee39 min
Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey63 min
Apr 2, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson4 hr
Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage35 min
Apr 2, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee28 min
Apr 2, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie36 min
Apr 2, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley28 min
Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson34 min
Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson64 min
Apr 2, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington24 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson29 min
Apr 3, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris51 min
Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay32 min
Apr 3, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington35 min
Apr 3, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington37 min
Apr 3, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall32 min
Apr 3, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha35 min
Apr 3, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall27 min
Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson4 hr
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPAnderson3 hr
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPAnderson6 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.