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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2022Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this heat advisory at Jun 12, 2022, 3:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 13, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2022, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 13, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 13, 2022, 1:31 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2022-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 856 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 2022-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-683 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 12, 3:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:06 AM CDT, 10 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
506 AM CDT Sun Jun 12 2022

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-131015-
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-
506 AM CDT Sun Jun 12 2022 /406 AM MDT Sun Jun 12 2022/

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

...Heat advisory is in effect for this afternoon and evening for
much of central and southwest Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a very small chance of an evening thunderstorm today.
If a storm develops then very large hail could occur. The best
chance of storms is across west central Kansas.

A heat advisory is in effect for today for much of central
and southwest Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A few severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon with
large hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A few storm spotters may be needed across west central Kansas
after 5 pm today.

&&

For more details visit our webpage
https://weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ddc

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton52 min
Jun 12, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens46 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCHamilton, Kearny49 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.