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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 17, 202316 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this heat advisory at Jul 17, 2023, 3:07 AM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 18, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2023, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 18, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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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 Jul 17, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:30 AM CDT, 23 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
330 AM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-170830-
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-
330 AM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023 /230 AM MDT Sun Jul 16 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Severe Thunderstorms are possible after 1 pm Today, east of a line
extending from Scott City to Ashland. Large hail 2 inches in
diameter and damaging wind are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Excessive heat will be elevated Tuesday afternoon. Avoid prolonged
excessive heat exposure that results in heat exhaustion.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected Today or Tonight.

Russell

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	19 min
Jul 16, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	52 min
Jul 16, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	49 min
Jul 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	48 min
Jul 16, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	34 min
Jul 16, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	40 min
Jul 16, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	31 min
Jul 16, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	24 min
Jul 16, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	47 min
Jul 16, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	29 min
Jul 16, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber, Kiowa, Pratt	52 min
Jul 16, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	51 min
Jul 16, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	62 min
Jul 16, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	30 min
Jul 16, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	24 min
Jul 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	15 min
Jul 16, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	27 min
Jul 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	50 min
Jul 16, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	55 min
Jul 16, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber	46 min
Jul 16, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	28 min
Jul 16, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	25 min
Jul 16, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	30 min
Jul 16, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	32 min
Jul 16, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	31 min
Jul 17, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	31 min
Jul 17, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	30 min
Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	35 min
Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	44 min
Jul 17, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	49 min
Jul 17, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	41 min
Jul 17, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	50 min
Jul 17, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	39 min
Jul 17, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	38 min
Jul 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	51 min
Jul 17, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	60 min
Jul 17, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	26 min
Jul 17, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	66 min
Jul 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	33 min
Jul 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	3 hr

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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.