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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this heat advisory at Aug 21, 2007, 3:25 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 21, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2007, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2007, 3:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 21, 3:13 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 3:13 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 9:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 951 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 KSZ053-210330- CHASE- 951 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHASE COUNTY... AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STRONG CITY...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JAKUB
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 10:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1005 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 KSZ091-210345- HARPER- 1005 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY... AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHARON...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED ARE...CORWIN AND WALDRON. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JAKUB
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 10:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1014 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 KSZ070-071-210400- GREENWOOD-WOODSON- 1014 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENWOOD AND WOODSON COUNTIES... AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR EMPORIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH COULD OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN EASTERN GREENWOOD AND WOODSON COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 40 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.