Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Abilene Airport, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 5225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
221
WWUS83 KTOP 060708
SPSTOP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
208 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
KSZ035-060745-
DICKINSON-
208 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL
245 AM CDT...
AT 208 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NEW CAMBRIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABILENE...CHAPMAN...SOLOMON...ENTERPRISE...HOPE AND MOONLIGHT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 285.
LAT...LON 3893 9737 3897 9737 3901 9704 3866 9701
3873 9737 3891 9737 3892 9738 3893 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 273DEG 36KT 3888 9749
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.