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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2023Pottawatomie County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2023, 1:21 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 25, 2023, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2023, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Pottawatomie County, KS

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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 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 18 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 18 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:42 PM CDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
242 PM CDT Wed May 24 2023

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-251945-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
242 PM CDT Wed May 24 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central
Kansas, north central Kansas and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across east central and
northeast Kansas this afternoon and evening. Severe weather is not
expected, but storms could produce locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

&&

More detailed information can be found at:
www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown27 min
May 24, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown33 min
May 25, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie26 min
May 25, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee34 min
May 25, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie35 min
May 25, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee26 min
May 25, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee30 min
May 25, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall27 min
May 25, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall32 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson24 min
May 25, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey, Lyon36 min
May 25, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington34 min
May 25, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha36 min
May 25, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.