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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Topeka, KS

July 11, 201523 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this heat advisory at Jul 11, 2015, 3:58 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 12, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2015, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 12, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 13, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties

Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud 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, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 Jul 10, 6:22 PM CDT, 9 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:22 PM CDT, 9 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:17 PM CDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
317 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-112030-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
317 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REACH 100-105 DEGREES ON
SATURDAY AND TUESDAY...AND MAY EXCEED 105 DEGREES ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 8:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon39 hr
Jul 10, 9:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon4 hr
Jul 11, 4:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon26 hr

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.