Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
155 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES THE MAIN CONCERNS...

00Z TOPEKA SOUNDING HAD BACKED WINDS THROUGH 150MB WITH NEARLY
STACKED SYSTEM WAS IN EASTERN COLORADO NEARING THE KANSAS BORDER.
CONVECTION IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA HELPED SAP OFF SOME ENERGY DURING THE
EVENING...WHICH COMBINED WITH DRY AIR WORKING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
TO END MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION IN NORTHCENTRAL/NORTHEAST KANSAS.

00Z H500 ANALYSIS DIDNT SHOW A FAVORED MOVEMENT FOR THE UPPER LOW
WITH 50+KT WINDS FROM THE WEST AROUND THE SOUTH TO THE EAST
SIDE...HOWEVER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY BY 05Z WAS SHOWING A SOUTHWEST
DRIFT WHICH WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE PROFILER FIELD.  THIS IS THE SAME
MOVEMENT ALL OF THE MODEL OUTPUT WAS ANTICIPATING.

H500/700 ENERGY WORKING AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW STARTED
TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 04-05Z.
THIS ENERGY WILL MOVE EAST/NORTHEAST AND COULD BE IMPACTING SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 12Z.  THIS SYSTEM WILL REINFORCE
MID-LEVEL MOISTURE AND EFFECTIVELY END THE DRY SLOTS IMPACT.

BELIEVE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN INTO MAINLY SHOWERS WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDER WHEN THEY REACH OUR AREA.  THIS ENERGY WILL WRAP
AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES TOWARD SOUTHEAST
KANSAS BY 00Z THIS EVENING.  THIS SHOULD AGAIN SLOWLY DRAG THE
HEAVIER PRECIP FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AROUND NOON TO THE
SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT APPEARS QUITE LIMITED...WITH THE BEST AREA ACROSS THE
EASTCENTRAL COUNTIES ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF H150 DIVERGENT FLOW.

PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STACKED
LOW SYSTEM MOVES ALONG THE MISSOURI-ARKANSAS BORDER BY 12Z FRIDAY.
ETA/GFS BOTH SHOWING A PIECE OF ENERGY AROUND THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
THE LOW ON FRIDAY GETTING PINCHED BETWEEN THE LOW AND WEAK RIDGING.
THIS CREATES A BAND OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE THAT MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO
HAVE A FEW SHOWERS OVER EASTERN COUNTIES IN THE MORNING AND POSSIBLY
SOME SPRINKLES DURING THE DAY ACROSS THE AREA.  AT THIS TIME DUE TO
THE VARIABILITY...WILL IGNORE THE SPRINKLES AND ONLY CONTINUED
CLOUDS PER GOING FORECAST.

AREA SHOULD BE DRY FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY...HOWEVER 850-700 WARM AIR
ADVECTION COULD CREATE SOME EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
NORTHCENTRAL COUNTIES.

BY SUNDAY MORNING A H500 LOW CENTER IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.  THE GFS STRONGER WITH THE INITIAL ENERGY THAN THE LATEST
ETA...BUT BOTH DRIVE A COLD FRONT NEAR THE AREA BY 12Z SUNDAY
SETTING UP ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  BECAUSE OF STRONGER
GFS...DECIDED TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NORTH CENTRAL LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...AND CHANCE POPS OVER ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AS FRONT
MOVES ACROSS.

WILL REMOVE PRECIP FROM SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY BASED ON NEW GFS
BUILDING SURFACE HIGH IN QUICKER THAN EARLIER RUNS.  WILL CONTINUE
POPS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT FROM EARLIER FORECAST.

ROGERS

.TOP...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1138 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS.  FLOODING IS
ALSO A POSSIBLILTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

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