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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

October 6, 2016Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2016, 6:20 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
Oct 6, 2016, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1009 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1009 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

As transmitted.

806 
WWUS83 KTOP 062320
SPSTOP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
620 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
 
KSZ011-012-062345-
NEMAHA-BROWN-
620 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND SOUTHERN
NEMAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 620 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GOFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SABETHA...FAIRVIEW...CORNING...GOFF...KICKAPOO RESERVATION AND
WOODLAWN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3991 9569 3967 9566 3965 9574 3965 9578
      3960 9603 3969 9615 3990 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 244DEG 37KT 3970 9598 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee36 min
Oct 5, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas30 min
Oct 5, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas36 min
Oct 5, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas28 min
Oct 5, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee32 min
Oct 6, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson34 min
Oct 6, 12:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin45 hr
Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington37 min
Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington46 min
Oct 6, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington46 min
Oct 6, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa41 min
Oct 6, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington25 min
Oct 6, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Oct 6, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Washington30 min
Oct 6, 4:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPDickinson27 min
Oct 6, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay26 min
Oct 6, 4:33 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPMarshall, Washington27 min
Oct 6, 4:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Riley35 min
Oct 6, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson47 min
Oct 6, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington44 min
Oct 6, 4:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPDickinson29 min
Oct 6, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson16 min
Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall30 min
Oct 6, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley23 min
Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary36 min
Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley48 min
Oct 6, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee43 min
Oct 6, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson41 min
Oct 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee15 min
Oct 6, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
Oct 6, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha34 min
Oct 6, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee44 min
Oct 6, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage19 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.