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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 13, 2015, 3:46 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 13, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2015, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 21 counties
Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase 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, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015 A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL KS MAY BECOME A FOCUS FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO MCPHERSON TO COTTONWOOD FALLS WHERE SCATTERED POPS WERE MAINTAINED. LARGE TEMP/DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS/INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS MAY LEAD TO SOME GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP BUT MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND ~30 KTS SHOULD PRECLUDE MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KS. TUE-WED...IF STORM COVERAGE IS GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED...THE QUASI- STATIONARY BOUNDARY MAY BE FORCED FURTHER SOUTH THAN ANTICIPATED...BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO AIRMASS CHANGE ANTICIPATED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KS THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ADVISORY CRITERIA. SOME STORMS MAY BE ONGOING DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITHIN A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW REGIME ACROSS CENTRAL KS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION. LITTLE CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED ON WED...HOWEVER LOWERED MAXIMUM TEMPS ACROSS CENTRAL KS WHERE ONGOING STORMS/LIMITED INSOLATION SHOULD KEEP HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. CONTINUED LOW LEVEL MOIST EASTERLY FLOW MAY RESULT IN DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ONCE AGAIN. THU...COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MORE LIMITED ACROSS THE AREA ON THU AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE IS ANTICIPATED IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH MOVING OVER THE MID/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AREA. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 321 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015 THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW THE LOW/MID LVL THERMAL RIDGE TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WITH A CONTINUATION OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ONLY LOW PROBABILITIES FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION MAY ARRIVE TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD AS ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES...BUT CONFIDENCE IN HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT PROPAGATES REMAINS LOW. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1215 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THRU THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD. A SURFACE TROF AND WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION. PLAN TO CARRY VCTS AT KRSL AND KSLN AND AMEND WHEN AND IF NEEDED FOR ANY CONVECTION THAT MAY IMPACT THESE TERMINALS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS INTO TUESDAY. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 74 98 73 95 / 20 10 20 20 HUTCHINSON 75 99 72 96 / 20 20 30 30 NEWTON 73 97 72 93 / 20 20 30 30 ELDORADO 75 96 73 94 / 20 10 20 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 74 98 74 96 / 10 10 20 10 RUSSELL 73 96 71 92 / 20 30 40 40 GREAT BEND 72 96 72 93 / 30 20 30 30 SALINA 73 99 73 91 / 30 30 40 30 MCPHERSON 73 97 72 93 / 20 20 30 30 COFFEYVILLE 75 96 75 96 / 10 10 20 10 CHANUTE 76 95 74 94 / 20 10 20 10 IOLA 76 95 74 93 / 20 10 30 20 PARSONS-KPPF 75 96 75 95 / 10 10 20 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR KSZ049-051>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053- 067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:44 AM CDT, 10 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | McPherson | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 16 min |
| Jul 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 32 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.