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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2019, 11:19 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 1, 2019, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2019, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 1, 7:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 7:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 430 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2019 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-022130- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 430 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north central and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for portions of north central, northeast,and east central Kansas through tonight. Additional rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall are likely with widespread rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches expected and locally higher amounts certainly possible. This heavy rainfall could result in localized flash flooding, especially for locations that have already received several inches of rain, and rises on rivers and creeks. There is the potential for a few isolated strong to marginally severe storms through tonight, with large hail and damaging winds being the primary hazards. Flooding on the Big Blue River near Blue Rapids will continue. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The Flash Flood Watch will remain in effect through Saturday morning as additional rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall are expected Friday and Friday night. There is the potential for an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain with locally higher amounts certainly possible. .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 1, 11:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 1119 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2019 KSZ035-020445- Dickinson- 1119 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2019 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY... At 1119 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4 miles west of Moonlight, moving southeast at 20 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Abilene, Chapman, Enterprise, Moonlight and Talmage. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 273 and 286. 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. && LAT...LON 3901 9731 3909 9718 3894 9695 3880 9718 TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 323DEG 18KT 3899 9718 BD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 2, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 115 min |
| Aug 2, 6:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 11 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 50 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa, Saline | 64 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 110 min |
| Aug 2, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 3 days |
| Aug 2, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 49 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 5 days |
| Aug 2, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 71 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 34 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Morris, Ottawa | 8 hr |
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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.