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Heat Advisory 10, NWS Wichita, KS

September 3, 201212 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this heat advisory at Sep 3, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 3, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 3, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 4, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Sep 2, 11:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 11:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	33 min
Sep 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	32 min
Sep 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.