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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

June 28, 2016Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 4:21 AM CDT for Dickinson 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 28, 2016, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

530 
WWUS83 KTOP 280921
SPSTOP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
421 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016
 
KSZ035-280945-
DICKINSON-
421 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY
UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 421 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABILENE...SOLOMON...ENTERPRISE...MANCHESTER...MOONLIGHT AND TALMAGE. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 285.
 
LAT...LON 3893 9737 3913 9737 3913 9696 3891 9708
      3880 9737 3893 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 317DEG 28KT 3907 9735 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley25 min
Jun 28, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic28 min
Jun 28, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud35 min
Jun 28, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud50 min
Jun 28, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud43 min
Jun 28, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa55 min
Jun 28, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay52 min
Jun 28, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary38 min
Jun 28, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary, Morris45 min
Jun 28, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee46 min
Jun 28, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 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.