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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

August 28, 2016Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Lyon County, KS

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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 Aug 28, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
306 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-292015-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
306 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STORMS MAY CONTINUE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ON MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR REPEAT ROUNDS OF STORMS
MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.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, Aug 28, 1:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
238 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSZ024-282015-
JACKSON-
238 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM CDT...

AT 238 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF POTAWATOMI RESERVATION. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3937 9581 3930 9600 3936 9604 3943 9604
      3948 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 140DEG 2KT 3940 9595

BD

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
240 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSZ011-023-024-282015-
JACKSON-NEMAHA-POTTAWATOMIE-
240 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTH
CENTRAL NEMAHA AND NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM
CDT...

AT 239 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SOLDIER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOLDIER AND HAVENSVILLE.

LAT...LON 3955 9585 3948 9603 3949 9604 3953 9612
      3958 9612 3966 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 168DEG 13KT 3958 9598

BD

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
313 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSZ011-012-282045-
NEMAHA-BROWN-
313 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL BROWN AND EAST
CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 312 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SABETHA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SABETHA...FAIRVIEW...ONEIDA AND WOODLAWN.

LAT...LON 3979 9566 3974 9590 3988 9596 3993 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 168DEG 13KT 3985 9581

BD

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
433 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSZ054-282200-
LYON-
433 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 433 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLPE.

THIS INCLUDES KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 123.

LAT...LON 3817 9636 3838 9636 3839 9635 3834 9608
      3817 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 203DEG 18KT 3823 9625

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	36 min
Aug 28, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	26 min
Aug 28, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	37 min
Aug 28, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	35 min
Aug 28, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	32 min
Aug 28, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	28 min
Aug 28, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	34 min
Aug 28, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.