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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2018, 5:06 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 9, 2018, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Douglas County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
223 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018
KSZ038-055-092000-
Wabaunsee-Osage-
223 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND
NORTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
At 223 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Eskridge, moving south at 15 mph.
Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Eskridge, Harveyville and Keene.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 near mile marker 341.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 159 and 162.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3880 9584 3874 9622 3896 9626 3906 9604
3894 9595 3887 9595 3887 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 344DEG 13KT 3889 9610Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 235 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 KSZ035-092000- Dickinson- 235 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... At 235 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Carlton, moving south at 15 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Carlton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3876 9737 3875 9721 3861 9720 3861 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 010DEG 13KT 3865 9732
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 237 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 KSZ059-092000- Anderson- 237 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... At 237 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Kincaid, moving southwest at 10 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Kincaid. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3814 9518 3810 9508 3804 9508 3804 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 026DEG 9KT 3805 9515
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 310 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 KSZ035-092045- Dickinson- 310 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... At 310 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hope, moving south at 10 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Herington and Hope. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3861 9719 3875 9712 3872 9693 3861 9693 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 019DEG 7KT 3866 9704
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 314 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 KSZ038-054-055-092045- Wabaunsee-Lyon-Osage- 314 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...WEST CENTRAL OSAGE AND NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... At 314 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles north of Admire, moving south at 10 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Osage City, Harveyville, Allen and Admire. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 142 and 159. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3883 9617 3883 9591 3859 9583 3858 9624 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 000DEG 10KT 3873 9607
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 30 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.