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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 15, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503
WWUS83 KTOP 160121
SPSTOP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
821 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
KSZ009-160145-
WASHINGTON-
821 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LINN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...HANOVER...LINN...GREENLEAF...BARNES AND PALMER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3991 9684 3984 9680 3964 9681 3958 9713
3975 9722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 248DEG 19KT 3970 9709
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 22 min |
| Jun 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary, Morris | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 22 min |
| Jun 16, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 9:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Franklin, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.