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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 57 min |
| Aug 20, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 67 min |
| Aug 20, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 54 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.