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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 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
&&
WOLTERSSpecial 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 9573Special 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 9749Local 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.
&&
WOLTERSSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson | 6 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.