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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

May 26, 2021Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 26, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

455 
WWUS83 KTOP 270021
SPSTOP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
721 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
 
KSZ035-270100-
Dickinson-
721 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

At 720 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Solomon, moving east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise and Woodbine. 

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central and east central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3900 9737 3900 9696 3896 9696 3898 9695
      3897 9695 3898 9694 3897 9693 3887 9693
      3887 9692 3876 9693 3875 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 267DEG 31KT 3888 9736 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay, Ottawa, Riley66 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic30 min
May 27, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Morris13 min
May 27, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris53 min
May 27, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic33 min
May 27, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 min
May 27, 12:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDickinson, Morris4 hr
May 27, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee47 min
May 27, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic33 min
May 27, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee67 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon35 min
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington23 min
May 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington49 min
May 27, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey48 min
May 27, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage45 min
May 27, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson59 min
May 27, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Jefferson57 min
May 27, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud37 min
May 27, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington41 min
May 27, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley51 min
May 27, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas54 min
May 27, 3:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMarshall, Riley, Washington4 hr
May 27, 4:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris, Wabaunsee23 min
May 27, 4:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Morris6 hr
May 27, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee32 min
May 27, 5:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPGeary, Morris18 min
May 27, 5:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee34 min
May 27, 5:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Morris4 hr
May 27, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee29 min
May 27, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon34 min
May 27, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage52 min
May 27, 6:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee3 hr
May 27, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson37 min
May 27, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin27 min
May 27, 8:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee8 hr
May 27, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPGeary, Morris14 hr
May 27, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage9 hr
May 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee8 hr
May 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee7 hr
May 27, 10:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMorris20 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon26 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon32 hr
May 27, 2:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage16 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.