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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

May 3, 2020Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2020, 7:13 AM CDT for Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 3, 2020, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2020, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

County Coffey County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 12 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 12 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 15 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	46 min
May 3, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	31 min
May 3, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	18 min
May 3, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	45 min
May 3, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	35 min
May 3, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	32 min
May 3, 8:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.