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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Topeka, KS

June 14, 20168 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this heat advisory at Jun 14, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 15, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 15, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 445 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Jun 14, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
309 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-152015-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
309 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS
INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO PEAK IN THE 100 TO 108
DEGREE RANGE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.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
Jun 14, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson36 min
Jun 14, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee35 min
Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTOPBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 9 more65 hr
Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more36 hr
Jun 15, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa52 min
Jun 15, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa48 min
Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson35 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris33 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.