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Special Weather Statement, NWS Topeka, KS

June 9, 2026Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2026, 2:08 AM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 9, 2026, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2026, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
40

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2026-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2597 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 2026-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WWUS83 KTOP 090708
SPSTOP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
208 AM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026
 
KSZ020-021-034-090745-
Clay-Cloud-Ottawa-
208 AM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN OTTAWA...NORTHWESTERN
CLAY AND CLOUD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM CDT...

At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Glasco, moving east at 65 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow 
         around objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and 
         vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Clyde, Miltonvale, Glasco, Delphos, and Aurora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3942 9793 3962 9737 3957 9737 3957 9736
      3930 9735 3922 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 250DEG 56KT 3934 9788 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Griesemer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa60 min
Jun 8, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa49 min
Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson50 min
Jun 8, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPDickinson57 min
Jun 8, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa46 min
Jun 8, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPDickinson40 min
Jun 8, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatTOPDickinson47 min
Jun 8, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson26 min
Jun 8, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley52 min
Jun 8, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa9 hr
Jun 8, 9:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa5 hr
Jun 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPDickinson, Morris55 min
Jun 8, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee47 min
Jun 8, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee67 min
Jun 8, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris20 min
Jun 8, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee66 min
Jun 8, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPCoffey, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee65 min
Jun 8, 10:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley8 hr
Jun 8, 11:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDickinson, Morris3 hr
Jun 8, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage28 min
Jun 8, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more63 min
Jun 8, 11:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson34 hr
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa, Saline4 days
Jun 8, 11:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson63 hr
Jun 8, 11:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa4 days
Jun 8, 11:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee33 min
Jun 9, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee23 min
Jun 9, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee6 hr
Jun 9, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee6 hr
Jun 9, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTOPOttawa6 hr
Jun 9, 12:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee6 hr
Jun 9, 12:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPRiley10 hr
Jun 9, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage and 1 more32 min
Jun 9, 12:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson6 hr
Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee8 hr
Jun 9, 1:22 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTOPShawnee5 hr
Jun 9, 2:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee4 hr
Jun 9, 2:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee18 hr
Jun 9, 2:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa4 hr
Jun 9, 3:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPClay, Cloud, Pottawatomie, Riley2 hr
Jun 9, 3:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPGeary11 hr
Jun 9, 3:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPGeary51 hr
Jun 9, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley23 min
Jun 9, 6:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa, Pottawatomie and 2 more6 hr
Jun 9, 12:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa6 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.