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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT for Brown 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 25, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
County Brown County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
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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 May 25, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Topeka KS 322 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 .DISCUSSION... Issued at 321 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 Latest satellite loop and VAD winds show a weak disturbance moving through south central Kansas at 1930Z. Regional radar also shows a small cluster of storms moving across south central Kansas and more isolated convection across east central Kansas southeast of the Turnpike at 1945Z. Tonight, the convection across southern Kansas and east central Kansas may linger through the early to mid evening hours. CAMS solutions vary on the amount of convection coverage this evening across northeast Kansas. Expect isolated convection to be the rule with little in the way of forcing for ascent and a weak sheared environment. Lows tonight will drop down into the low t mid 60s. Wednesday will be dry for much of the day and into the evening hours under the influence of the a mid level ridge. An MCS is forecast to develop across western Nebraska and into northwest Kansas. Models suggest that the MCS should progress eastward into north central Kansas late in the evening and then continue across the region through the overnight hours. Currently given the 850-300mb thickness the MCS should move across southern Nebraska and northern Kansas with a hail and wind threat. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible as good moisture transport through a deep later is forecast Wednesday night which will increase precipitation efficiency. An outflow boundary will likely be somewhere over east central Kansas and be a focus for storms in the afternoon hours. Parameters for severe weather will be in place for all modes to be possible within the warm sector Thursday afternoon and evening. A return to relatively dry weather occurs Friday into the first half of the Memorial Day Weekend with a return of convection for Memorial Day into next Tuesday. After highs in the 80s on Thursday, temperatures cool off into the 070s for the Holiday Weekend and into early next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 1228 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 Isolated TSRA expected at TOP and FOE through 03Z and may just stay south of the FOE and TOP terminals. Expect tsra to remain to the south of MHK through 00Z with some isolated TSRA possible in the 00Z to 03Z time period. Winds south southwest around 10 kts or less becoming east under 10kts after 15Z. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION...53 AVIATION...53
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 324 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-262030- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 324 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north central and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon and evening across the area. Large hail and damaging wind are the primary hazards, but also cannot rule out locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Severe thunderstorms are again possible for portions of the area Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon and evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding are all 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, May 25, 7:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 701 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 KSZ020-021-260030- Clay-Cloud- 701 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... At 701 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Miltonvale, moving east at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Miltonvale and Aurora. 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 3934 9755 3945 9753 3951 9729 3931 9730 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 276DEG 15KT 3938 9749 Teefey
Local storm report, May 25, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
720 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 W GREENLEAF 39.73N 96.99W
05/25/2021 M2.00 INCH WASHINGTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL RAINING...NO REPORT OF FLOODING AT THE
TIME.
&&
BDSpecial weather statement, May 25, 7:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
721 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSZ010-022-023-260045-
Pottawatomie-Riley-Marshall-
721 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RILEY...NORTHWESTERN
POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
At 721 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Waterville, moving east at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Olsburg.
LAT...LON 3963 9650 3942 9656 3947 9694 3957 9685
3957 9681 3961 9681 3963 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 279DEG 14KT 3956 9680
TeefeySpecial weather statement, May 25, 7:58 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 758 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 KSZ022-023-260130- Pottawatomie-Riley- 758 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RILEY AND NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... At 758 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Randolph, moving southeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Olsburg, Randolph and Tuttle Creek Lake. LAT...LON 3945 9689 3956 9672 3945 9647 3930 9671 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 308DEG 12KT 3945 9675 Teefey
Local storm report, May 25, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 32 min |
| May 25, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 43 min |
| May 26, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 14 more | 31 hr |
| May 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 31 min |
| May 26, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 54 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.