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Excessive Heat Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

August 6, 201117 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 6, 2011, 3:42 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 7, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2011, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 7, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 8, 2011, 1:07 PM CDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 5:01 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 603 Ssw Yates Center, KS6 INCH TREE LIMB DOWNED AND STOP SIGN BLOWN OVER
Aug 7, 5:01 PM CDTHAIL 0.253 Ssw Yates Center, KS
Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 63Chanute, KS
Aug 7, 9:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSylvia, KSTREE DOWNED ON POWER LINE ALONG WITH 8-10 INCH TREE LIMBS.
Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 705 Wnw Arlington, KSESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS
Aug 7, 10:01 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 Se Pretty Prairie, KS
Aug 7, 10:06 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 675 Nne Kingman, KS
Aug 7, 10:18 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Hutchinson, KS
Aug 7, 10:18 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 61Hutchinson, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-473 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

691 
WWUS73 KICT 062042
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
342 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-070445-
/O.CAN.KICT.EH.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KICT.EH.W.0007.110807T1700Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
342 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM CDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM CDT
MONDAY. 

* HEAT INDICES...FROM AROUND 105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ067-068-070445-
/O.CAN.KICT.EH.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KICT.EH.W.0007.110807T1700Z-110808T0100Z/
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
342 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY. 

* HEAT INDICES...FROM AROUND 105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ048>053-070445-
/O.CAN.KICT.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110807T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KICT.HT.Y.0006.110807T1700Z-110808T0100Z/
ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS
342 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.

* IMPACTS...INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE.
STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TEMPERATURES WITHIN VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES.
NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE
HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

&&

$$
ELDER
7 follow-up statements
366 
WWUS73 KICT 070424
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1124 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-071000-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.110807T1700Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
1124 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
8 PM CDT MONDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 
8 PM CDT MONDAY.

* HEAT INDICES...FROM AROUND 105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES ARE 
  EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS 
  PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. 

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ067-068-071000-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.110807T1700Z-110808T0100Z/
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
1124 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* HEAT INDICES...FROM AROUND 105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES ARE 
  EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. 

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ048>053-071000-
/O.CON.KICT.HT.Y.0006.110807T1700Z-110808T0100Z/
ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS
1124 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES 
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. 

* IMPACTS...INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE.
STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TEMPERATURES WITHIN VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES.
NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE
HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

&&

$$
524 
WWUS73 KICT 070828
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
328 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-071630-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.110807T1700Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
328 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM CDT MONDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM CDT MONDAY. 

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 107 DEGREES EACH
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ067-068-071630-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.110807T1700Z-110808T0100Z/
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
328 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ048>053-071630-
/O.CON.KICT.HT.Y.0006.110807T1700Z-110808T0100Z/
ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS
328 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE.
STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TEMPERATURES WITHIN VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES.
NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE
HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KED
370 
WWUS73 KICT 072020
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
320 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081200-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
320 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT
MONDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT
MONDAY.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO A 100 TO 106 DEGREES
  RANGE AGAIN ON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ067-068-080100-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110808T0100Z/
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
320 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 105 DEGREES 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KSZ048>053-080100-
/O.CON.KICT.HT.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110808T0100Z/
ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS
320 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 103 DEGREES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA BEFORE FALLING.

* IMPACTS...INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM IF POSSIBLE.
STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TEMPERATURES WITHIN VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES.
NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE
HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

&&

$$
729 
WWUS73 KICT 080117
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

KSZ067-068-080230-
/O.EXP.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110808T0100Z/
RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

$$

KSZ048>053-080230-
/O.EXP.KICT.HT.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110808T0100Z/
ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-080930-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT
MONDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT
MONDAY.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO A 100 TO 106 DEGREES 
  RANGE AGAIN ON MONDAY. 

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

HOWERTON
688 
WWUS73 KICT 080824
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
324 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081630-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
324 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE
  RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

KED
015 
WWUS73 KICT 081504
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1004 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-090100-
/O.CON.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
1004 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

* HEAT INDICES...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 105 TO 110 
  DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...FROM THIS HEAT WAVE ARE POTENTIALLY LIFE 
  THREATENING. THESE INCLUDE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT 
  EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF PARTICIPATING IN 
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT PROPER HYDRATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WHERE HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM. STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WATCH YOUR PETS! TEMPERATURES WITHIN
VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN
OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE
BACKSEAT.

&&

$$

JAKUB
449 
WWUS73 KICT 081807
NPWICT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
107 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011


KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-081915-
/O.CAN.KICT.EH.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110809T0100Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-
COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
107 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. 

COOLER AIR FROM CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP THE HEAT
INDICES BELOW DANGEROUS LEVELS TODAY...THEREFORE THE EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

JAKUB

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 6, 3:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
333 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS...SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITION THRU THE
WEEKEND AND PRECIP/CONVECTIVE CHANCES THRU MUCH OF THE FORECAST.

TONIGHT:
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A MOISTURE CHANNEL EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHERN NM ACROSS EASTERN KS INTO NORTHERN MO. FROM THE CONVECTION
THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING...MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES ARE
IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. HIT AND MISS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ABOUT ANYWHERE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BEST
CHANCES HOWEVER SHOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF AN ARKANSAS CITY TO
CHANUTE LINE...THEN IN CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE STORMS IN WESTERN NE
COULD BACK BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO OUR AREA.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY:
SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOULD BE THE LAST 2 DAYS OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR A FEW DAYS AT LEAST.
SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN KANSAS WITH A BOUNDARY EXTENDING EASTWARD
ALONG A HUTCHINSON TO IOLA LINE. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT
LOWS WILL ONLY GET INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S THEN WITH HIGHS IN THE
100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. WILL CONTINUE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ANS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS WILL EXTEND INTO
SUNDAY BUT MONDAY SHOULD BE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO BE BETTER ORGANIZED BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AND INTO
MONDAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROF DROP THRU THE DEVELOPING NORTHWEST UPPER
FLOW REGIME ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST. INCREASING WESTERLIES
ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH THE PRE-EXISTING MODERATE TO STRONG
INSTABILITY AND RESULT IN A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE SURFACE
FRONT...WHICH SHOULD GRADUALLY SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA FROM SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:
LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY IN
THE VICINITY OF HUDSON BAY WITH A TROF DOMINATING THE EASTERN U.S.
THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. A COUPLE OF STORM SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA AND AROUND THE UPPER LOW INTO THE
NORTHEAST U.S. THE TRAILING FRONT FROM THESE SYSTEMS SHOULD MOVE
THROUGH OUR FORECAST AREA AND AS FAR SOUTH AS TO NEAR THE RED RIVER
WHERE THEY WILL MEANDER THEN DRIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AND WEAKEN
UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. ALONG AND NORTH OF THESE
BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SCATTERED MAINLY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION THE TROF WILL CAUSE
THE UPPER RIDGE TO RETROGRADE TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST RESULTING IN
MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES FOR OUR AREA.

AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WITH VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES. HOWEVER...OUTFLOW
FROM THE EARLIER STORMS HAVE SETUP A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM
NEAR PONCA CITY TO NEAR PITTSBURG. SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP ON THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON BUT THINK THEY WILL
STAY SOUTH OF THE KICT AND KCNU TAF SITES. TOWARD 02Z THE BOUNDARY
SHOULD LIFT NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH CHANCES OF
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MOST AREAS AFTER THAT TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    76 103  76 103 /  20  20  30  20
HUTCHINSON      74 102  74 101 /  20  20  40  30
NEWTON          75 102  74 101 /  20  20  40  30
ELDORADO        75 103  74 101 /  20  20  40  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   77 105  78 105 /  30  20  20  20
RUSSELL         72  97  70  92 /  30  30  40  30
GREAT BEND      73 100  71  95 /  20  30  40  30
SALINA          74  98  72  94 /  20  20  40  30
MCPHERSON       74 101  73  99 /  20  20  40  30
COFFEYVILLE     78 104  77 104 /  30  20  30  30
CHANUTE         76 100  75 100 /  30  20  40  30
IOLA            75 100  74  99 /  30  30  40  30
PARSONS-KPPF    77 104  76 103 /  30  20  40  30

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ067-
068.

HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ048>053.

&&

ELDER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 7:19 AM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
719 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-071230-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
719 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL AFFECT MUCH OF
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING OR HEAT ADVISORY STATEMENT FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH
MONDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR DETAILS.

PERIODIC BOUTS OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS...WILL AFFECT THE REGION INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WIDESPREAD RAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

KED/ADK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 3:49 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryICTChase, Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline12 hr
Aug 6, 3:42 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICTChase, Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.