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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Topeka, KS

August 23, 201420 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this heat advisory at Aug 23, 2014, 3:37 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 24, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2014, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 24, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 25, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 23, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.