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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Wichita, KS

June 16, 201721 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this heat advisory at Jun 16, 2017, 3:29 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 17, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2017, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2017, 6:57 PM CDT
In force: 6 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 20:33 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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jun 16, 2:53 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:53 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	68 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sedgwick, Sumner	76 min
Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	52 min
Jun 15, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	72 min
Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	11 min
Jun 15, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	59 min
Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery	45 min
Jun 15, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	31 min
Jun 15, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	34 min
Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.