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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this heat advisory at Jul 19, 2018, 1:27 PM CDT for Barber County, Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It took effect at Jul 20, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2018, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 19, 12:41 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:41 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:34 AM CDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 334 AM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200845- Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 334 AM CDT Thu Jul 19 2018 /234 AM MDT Thu Jul 19 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- A heat advisory is in effect this afternoon across portions of south central Kansas. See the latest Urgent weather message for more information. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Excessive heat: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- A chance of storms will be possible Friday and again early next week. As of now, these storms do not look to be severe. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Friday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Significant risk * Saturday - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Elevated risk * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Elevated risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 16 min |
| Jul 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Stanton | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 52 min |
Nearby
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.