Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Dodge City, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
333 AM CDT WED JUN 4 1996

FORECAST CHALLENGE IS THE AMOUNT SW KS COOLS OVER THE NEXT 48 HRS.

SFC LOW IS MOVING ACROSS NRN KS ATTM. THUS OUR WINDS WILL NOT BACK
AND THE MAIN THREAT OF SVR WILL BE MOSTLY TO OUR E AND N. MOISTURE
POOLING ALONG WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER NRN KS HAS DEW POINTS
UP INTO THE LOWER 70S. DDC HAS FALLEN INTO THE MIDDLE 50S WHILE TEMP
HAS BALLOONED INTO MIDDLE 90S. SEE ONLY WEAK CONVECTION WHICH SHOULD
DIE AFTER SUNSET.

FIRST FRONT TO COME THROUGH OVERNIGHT. H8 TEMPS FALL...BUT NOT AS
DRAMATICALLY AS BEHIND SECOND COLD FRONT PROGGED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT.
AT LEAST THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL NO LONGER BE WITH US FOR
A COUPLE DAYS.

WENT MORE WITH THE AVN NUMBERS AS NGM SEEMS TOO WARM TOMORROW.
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DDC   058/083 054/079 054 200
GCK   058/084 054/081 055 200
EHA   061/086 056/083 056 200
LBL   060/085 055/082 055 200
HYS   052/081 051/078 052 200
P28   057/083 054/081 054 200

MCAVOY

KSZ066-081-090-060030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
528 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1996

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 525 PM...THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS EARLIER ISSUED FOR A LARGE
PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS WAS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
STAFFORD...PRATT AND BARBER COUNTIES.  THE THREAT OF TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED OVER THESE AREAS. AT 525 PM...A
SEVERE THU*NDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE WEST OF
THESE COUNTIES...AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY AGAIN BE A THREAT IN
THESE COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING.

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