Excessive Heat in Douglas, Kansas
Excessive Heat July 14, 2011 – July 23, 2011 · Douglas, Kansas
What the National Weather Service wrote
Heat indices across the county reached to 105-110 as a warm and moist air mass moved into the area for a prolonged period of time. Six people were admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion during this time period.
The wider storm
Upper level riding kept sunny, hot and moist conditions across northeast, east central, and northeast Kansas. Maximum heat indices from the 14th to the 24th were in the 105-110 range at all the ASOS sites across the CWA. During this period the high temperature was above 100 degrees for 10 days in a row at TOP. The extended period of heat briefly broke on July 25th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 335102. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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