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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 9:55 PM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 14, 2016, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 14, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:09 PM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 309 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-152015- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 309 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO PEAK IN THE 100 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:24 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 924 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 KSZ023-024-038-039-150300- WABAUNSEE-JACKSON-POTTAWATOMIE-SHAWNEE- 924 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE... NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 922 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ST. MARYS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROSSVILLE...ST. MARYS...HOYT...MAYETTA...BELVUE...EMMETT...DELIA AND POTAWATOMI RESERVATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. && LAT...LON 3911 9616 3929 9621 3940 9571 3914 9567 TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 258DEG 35KT 3922 9609
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 955 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 KSZ023-024-038-039-150330- WABAUNSEE-JACKSON-POTTAWATOMIE-SHAWNEE- 955 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE... NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 954 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELVUE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAMEGO...ROSSVILLE...ST. MARYS...SILVER LAKE...MAPLE HILL...BELVUE... DELIA AND WILLARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE HOW DEEP THE WATER MIGHT BE AT NIGHT. && LAT...LON 3908 9629 3923 9632 3931 9586 3908 9584 TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 262DEG 32KT 3915 9621
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 2 more | 3 days |
| Jun 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 9 more | 65 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 36 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 33 min |
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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.