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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

July 24, 2021Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Republic 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
Jul 24, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 531 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

413 
WWUS83 KTOP 242221
SPSTOP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
521 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
 
KSZ008-242300-
Republic-
521 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

At 520 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Belleville, moving northeast at 5 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Belleville, Cuba, Munden and Narka. 

LAT...LON 3975 9768 3989 9767 4000 9737 3978 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 241DEG 6KT 3984 9758 

$$

Reese

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington28 min
Jul 24, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington38 min
Jul 24, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall34 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.