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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 2019Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2019, 11:21 AM CDT for Geary 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: May 28, 2019, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Geary County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 May 28, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
443 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-290945-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
443 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north
central and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon into this
evening. Storms will likely develop over central to northeast
Kansas by early to mid afternoon before tracking eastward into
eastern Kansas by late afternoon to early evening. The primary
hazards will be large hail up to golfball size and damaging wind
gusts of 60 to 70 mph. However, cannot rule out the potential for
a few tornadoes as well, with the better potential for tornadoes
being focused across far northeast Kansas. Areas of locally heavy
rainfall also will be possible with these storms.

Flooding on area rivers will continue across the outlook area
today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is the potential for a few isolated storms to develop
across far east central Kansas Wednesday afternoon into early
evening. If any storms are able to develop, they may be strong to
severe.

Flooding on area rivers is likely to persist through the latter
part of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed across the outlook area this
afternoon through tonight.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at...
http://www.weather.gov/top/sitrep

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 11:21 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1121 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

KSZ022-036-037-281645-
Geary-Riley-Morris-
1121 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GEARY...SOUTHWESTERN RILEY AND
NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

At 1121 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles north of Woodbine, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Manhattan, Junction City, Ogden, Grandview Plaza and Keats.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 290 and 314.

LAT...LON 3924 9657 3895 9650 3880 9684 3882 9689
      3887 9689 3887 9693 3897 9693 3898 9695
      3896 9696 3906 9696 3926 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 221DEG 44KT 3889 9691

Blair

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	48 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic	15 min
May 27, 11:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic	19 min
May 27, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	23 min
May 28, 12:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson	24 hr
May 28, 10:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	44 min
May 28, 11:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	37 min
May 28, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	17 min
May 28, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	36 min
May 28, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	41 min
May 28, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	38 min
May 28, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	17 min
May 28, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	39 min
May 28, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	43 min
May 28, 3:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	4 hr
May 28, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	29 min
May 28, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	34 min
May 28, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	23 min
May 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon, Osage	35 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	39 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	49 min
May 28, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	51 min
May 28, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	51 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	47 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon	4 hr
May 28, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage	50 min
May 28, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	4 hr
May 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Osage	8 hr
May 28, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	49 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	35 min
May 28, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	32 min
May 28, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TOP	Douglas	32 min
May 28, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	TOP	Douglas	25 min
May 28, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic	39 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	3 hr
May 28, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage	8 hr
May 28, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	37 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.