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Heat Advisory 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 28, 20115 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this heat advisory at Jul 28, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 28, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 28, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 343 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 28, 3:35 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:35 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 11:15 AM CDT, 16 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1115 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2011

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-281615-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
1115 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2011 /1015 AM MDT WED JUL 27 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO MEADE. ANY STORM WHICH DOES
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

THE HOT SUMMER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT
INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 101 TO 106 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST HEAT
INDEX READINGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A HAYS TO
COLDWATER LINE, WHERE A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 8 PM.
CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PLEASE SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER
SUNSET TONIGHT, MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 156. ANY STORM WHICH DOES
TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
AFTER SUNSET THE CHANCE FOR GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE BUT IN
ADDITION THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott51 min
Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane47 min
Jul 27, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego40 min
Jul 28, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens40 min
Jul 28, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens36 min
Jul 28, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee39 min
Jul 28, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman50 min
Jul 28, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton38 min
Jul 28, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess50 min
Jul 28, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess33 min
Jul 28, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego49 min
Jul 28, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego18 min

Nearby

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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.