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Heat Advisory 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 10, 20169 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this heat advisory at Aug 10, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT for 9 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 10, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2016, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2067 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon35 min
Aug 10, 3:07 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 28 more29 hr
Aug 10, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton29 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.