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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 20, 20195 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this heat advisory at Aug 20, 2019, 9:02 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 20, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2019, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 20, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 20, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 922 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 20, 5:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 5:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 3:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
350 AM CDT Tue Aug 20 2019

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-210900-
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-
350 AM CDT Tue Aug 20 2019 /250 AM MDT Tue Aug 20 2019/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south
central...southwest and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Day 1 Discussion
----------------

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible as early
as 4 pm.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Marginal risk
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Elevated risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

Thunderstorms may develop Wednesday evening, with probability
increasing though Thursday.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Elevated risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Marginal risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Sunday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Elevated 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward45 min
Aug 19, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens42 min
Aug 20, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche57 min
Aug 20, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane58 min
Aug 20, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa67 min
Aug 20, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane53 min
Aug 20, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford60 min
Aug 20, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford54 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.