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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Wichita, KS

July 2, 201818 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this heat advisory at Jul 2, 2018, 4:52 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 3, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2018, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 3, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 3, 2018, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Saline 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 21:53 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 Jul 1, 6:48 PM CDT, 22 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:48 PM CDT, 22 hours 4 minutes before
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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.