Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2018
Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2018, 2:08 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 2, 2018, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2018, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Cloud County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:36 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Concordia 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 111 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
- 2011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
433
WWUS83 KTOP 020708
SPSTOP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
208 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018
KSZ008>012-020>024-020800-
Republic-Clay-Pottawatomie-Cloud-Brown-Riley-Jackson-Washington-
Nemaha-Marshall-
208 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RILEY...NORTHERN
POTTAWATOMIE...NEMAHA...NORTHERN JACKSON...REPUBLIC...WASHINGTON...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN...NORTHERN CLAY...NORTHERN CLOUD AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
At 206 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles northeast of Axtell to near Republic to
Portis. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.
Half inch hail and winds of 40 TO 50 mph will be possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Concordia, Clay Center, Holton, Marysville, Sabetha, Seneca,
Belleville, Horton, Washington, Blue Rapids, Westmoreland, Blaine,
Frankfort, Clyde, Onaga, Hanover, Waterville, Clifton, Centralia and
Linn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
lead to ponding of water on roads. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 9793 3999 9782 4000 9580 3965 9550
3965 9556 3942 9557 3942 9559 3939 9559
3938 9734 3955 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 326DEG 30KT 3998 9617 3994 9778 3955 9868
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall, Republic, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.