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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 1:32 AM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 12, 2016, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Cloud County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Jul 11, 11:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 11:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Topeka KS 1137 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...Update to aviation forecast discussion... .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tuesday) Issued at 219 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 Upper trough axis this afternoon was centered over Wyoming into eastern Montana, while a weaker vorticity lobe was lifting northeast over western Nebraska. The cold front at 3 PM is centered from southwest KS through central NE with a warm and moist airmass in place over northeast KS. Dewpoints are generally in the lower 70s and temps in the lower 90s. Heat indicies as a result are in the 101 to 105 range...although the heat is alleviated somewhat by the strong southerly winds at 15 to 25 mph sustained through early evening. Strong instability in the 2500 to 3500 J/KG range is expected after 4 PM over north central Kansas. The warm elevated mixed layer will gradually weaken but remain present after 5 PM per forecast soundings near CNK. In addition, all high resolution guidance is not particularly strong with the convergence along the front until 00Z and thereafter when the boundary approaches. Have adjusted pops accordingly to focus north of Interstate 70 through midnight where the better forcing from the passing upper trough resides. Any isolated cell through early evening will be able to rotate given the environment with high and damaging winds as the main hazards. As convection transitions into a broken line overnight, damaging wind gusts would be the main concern as a decent southwesterly LLJ supports activity through 12Z Tuesday. The front becomes stationary from west to east across northeast KS providing a focus for additional development Tuesday afternoon. Temporary subsidence behind the overnight convection should provide a dry period in the early afternoon, allowing the atmosphere to recover. MUCAPE values increase to near 3000 J/KG by late afternoon while 0-6 KM Bulk shear is marginal around 30 kts. There could be a few strong to severe storms over east central KS by late afternoon, while better chances carry into Tuesday evening. With the weaker warm advection north of the front in north central KS, have lowered highs a few degrees into the upper 80s with lower 90s seen elsewhere. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday) Issued at 219 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 Trailing frontal boundary into NE Kansas in concert with the LLJ Tuesday night is forecast to produce precip across NE KS. Have focused PoPs in the eastern counties as jet turns through the night. Enough CAPE and somewhat disorganized wind shear for SPC to keep area in a slight risk. Frontal boundary could be shifted by more mesoscale processes under an otherwise zonal flow pattern aloft, while stronger front moves into far northern Kansas by late day Wednesday and provides a focus for storms. With a more discernible feature to focus activity on, will carry slightly higher chance PoPs for the Wednesday night forecast. Boundary stalls in our area by Thursday morning, with additional redevelopment of increasing chances into southern Kansas, and will carry lower chances Thursday with a slight increase southward. Forecast uncertainty increases the farther out in the forecast, although has been somewhat consistent signal to redevelop convection Thursday night over the boundary, with question as to how far south the heavier rain will fall. Friday into Saturday are transitional days as the front slowly makes its way back northward, with the 12z GFS not lifting ridging aloft back over the area until after sunrise on Monday while the EC is faster with its return. As a result have some kind of rain chances across most of the area until 0z Monday where chances start to clear west to east. High temperatures on Wednesday may still reach middle 90s before the front comes through, while area then cools down a bit back into the 80s for Thursday into the weekend. Lows also take a short term drop back into the 60s on night with convection before starting to rise again late in the forecast. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday Night) Issued at 1136 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 TSRA expected to increase in coverage through 11Z and have inserted tsra in tempo groups from 07Z through 11Z. Models suggest convection will decrease through 15Z with a lull until around 21Z with redevelopment across the area. Have added vcts after 22Z. Winds south around 10 kts through the period. && .TOP Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Prieto LONG TERM...67 AVIATION...53
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 9:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 957 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-130300- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 957 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AS A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .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, Jul 11, 11:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 KSZ008-020-120445- CLOUD-REPUBLIC- 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1121 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONCORDIA...JAMESTOWN AND AURORA. LAT...LON 3964 9793 3970 9755 3944 9753 3942 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 263DEG 19KT 3955 9782 HENNECKE
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1157 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
KSZ020-120530-
CLOUD-
1157 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTY UNTIL
1230 AM CDT...
AT 1156 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONCORDIA...CLYDE AND AURORA.
LAT...LON 3960 9769 3966 9739 3965 9737 3941 9737
3940 9765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 264DEG 20KT 3951 9762
HENNECKESpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 12:44 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 132 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 KSZ020-120700- CLOUD- 132 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CLOUD COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CDT... AT 130 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF SIMPSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONCORDIA...GLASCO...JAMESTOWN AND AURORA. LAT...LON 3963 9793 3963 9752 3935 9751 3935 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 266DEG 19KT 3953 9785 GARGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 22 min |
| Jul 12, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Osage and 1 more | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 27 min |
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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.