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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Goodland, KS

July 24, 2015Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this heat advisory at Jul 24, 2015, 3:53 AM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 24, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2015, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 24, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 24, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2015-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2366 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2015-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
2366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
6.1

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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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 24, 3:46 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:46 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 11:35 AM CDT, 16 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1035 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-240945-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1035 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM MDT...MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70...AND MOVE EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE GIVEN SLOW STORM
MOVEMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH
NEXT WEDNESDAY. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER MID-AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley28 min
Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita25 min
Jul 23, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita62 min
Jul 23, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur67 min
Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton56 min
Jul 23, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton14 min
Jul 23, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton66 min
Jul 24, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton20 min
Jul 24, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins35 min
Jul 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins34 min
Jul 24, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Jul 24, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins45 min
Jul 24, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins7 min
Jul 24, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Jul 24, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne45 min
Jul 24, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur43 min
Jul 24, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne27 min
Jul 24, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins3 hr
Jul 24, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas42 min
Jul 24, 6:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Norton3 hr
Jul 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne14 min
Jul 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne63 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 24, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman24 min
Jul 24, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne48 min
Jul 24, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 24, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson33 min
Jul 24, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson43 min
Jul 24, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson61 min
Jul 23, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow26 min
Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow57 min
Jul 23, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow62 min
Jul 23, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow54 min
Jul 23, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow36 min
Jul 23, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow44 min
Jul 23, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow17 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.