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Heat Advisory 7, NWS Wichita, KS

August 19, 201716 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this heat advisory at Aug 19, 2017, 1:32 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2017, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2017, 6:57 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler 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, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 801 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
801 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Aug 19, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1225 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2017

.SHORT TERM...(Today through Monday Night)
Issued at 335 AM CDT Sat Aug 19 2017

Today:
Mostly sunny & hot weather is slated for all areas as a broad but
strong mid-upper ridge covers the Great Plains.

Tonight:
A few thunderstorms are scheduled to arrive primarily central KS
late tonight then spread east across about the northern half of KS
thru Sun morning as a weak & compact mid-level shortwave scoots
east along the Nebraska/KS border. Lift is feeble, as such most if
not all of the thunderstorms should behave.

Sunday & Sunday Night:
With STRONG mid-upper high covering the southeastern fourth of the
U.S. a broad mid-level trof covering most of the western U.S. will
remain nearly stationary. Such feeble dynamics would keep thunder-
storms in check on Sun but come Sunday night a subtle impulse will
eject NE from the southwestern plains that may reach western KS.
There may be enough lift to produce isolated thunderstorms late
Sunday Night.

Mon & Mon Night:
Thunderstorm potential will begin to increase Mon afternoon then
increase considerably Mon night as a strengthening mid-upper trof
ventures SE from the Manitoba/Ontario border into the Northern
Plains. This would bring a cold front SE that should reach Central
KS late Mon night.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Friday)
Issued at 335 AM CDT Sat Aug 19 2017

Tue & Tue Night:
The mid-upper trof moving SE from the Northern Plains to generally
the Ohio Valley should provide enough of a kick to force the cold
front to the Red River early Wed morning. As such, thunderstorms
would likewise shift S/SE & would likely be confined to southern
KS early Tue morning.

Wed-Fri:
Cooler weather will spread across KS as high pressure spreads SE
from the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. A much drier airmass
would keep any chance of thunderstorms in check.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon)
Issued at 1220 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2017

VFR conditions at all locations with this forecast package. High
pressure will slide east ahead of an approaching low. This will
pack down the gradients beginning this evening and on Sunday.
Hence, I have brought back gusty southerly winds. I have added
VCTS to KRSL and KSLN as an upper pva pocket slides out of NE and
into NC KS. This should usher shra and tsra into the vicinity. I
don't anticipate much converage. This will also bring in a thicker
mid and uppler level cloud deck.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    97  74  96  74 /  10  10  10  20
Hutchinson      97  73  96  73 /   0  10  10  20
Newton          95  72  95  73 /   0  10  10  20
ElDorado        94  73  94  73 /   0  10  10  20
Winfield-KWLD   96  74  96  74 /  10  10  10  20
Russell         96  71  97  72 /  10  30  10  20
Great Bend      96  71  96  71 /  10  20  10  20
Salina          98  74  97  74 /   0  20  10  20
McPherson       96  73  95  73 /   0  20  10  20
Coffeyville     94  73  94  73 /  10  10  10  10
Chanute         92  72  93  73 /   0  10  10  10
Iola            92  72  92  73 /   0  10  10  10
Parsons-KPPF    93  73  93  73 /  10   0  10  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...EPS
LONG TERM...EPS
AVIATION...CWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette22 min
Aug 19, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTGreenwood34 min
Aug 19, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood35 min
Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson45 min
Aug 19, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick26 min
Aug 19, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson30 min
Aug 19, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner46 min
Aug 19, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick23 min
Aug 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner36 min
Aug 19, 4:46 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner4 hr
Aug 19, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson23 min
Aug 19, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson56 min
Aug 19, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner23 min
Aug 19, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner28 min
Aug 19, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson25 min
Aug 19, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSumner29 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick29 min
Aug 19, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick34 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.