Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Dodge City, KS

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 300433
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1131 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC055-075-093-300500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-080530T0500Z/
HAMILTON KS-KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
1131 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT/1100 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...KEARNY AND EAST CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 1129 PM CDT/1029 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
WEST OF FRIEND TO 5 MILES WEST OF KENDALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRIEND...
  LAKIN...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN
  FINNEY COUNTIES.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING/200 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3797 10168 3825 10112 3826 10087 3790 10105
      3790 10106 3789 10105 3777 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 315DEG 16KT 3821 10105 3793 10163

$$

BIELINSKI

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 300447
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1147 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC055-093-300500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-080530T0500Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
1147 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES...

AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRIEND
TO 12 MILES WEST OF LAKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRIEND...
  LAKIN...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY
  COUNTIES.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3801 10152 3825 10102 3826 10087 3815 10093
      3790 10105 3790 10106 3789 10105 3777 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 315DEG 16KT 3819 10093 3797 10145

$$

BIELINSKI

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 300451
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1151 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC055-093-300501-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-080530T0500Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
1151 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY
COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3801 10152 3825 10102 3826 10087 3815 10093
      3790 10105 3790 10106 3789 10105 3777 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 315DEG 16KT 3818 10091 3796 10143

$$

BIELINSKI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
147 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

TODAYS FORECAST CHALLENGE IS HOW LONG AND WHERE WILL SEVERE CHANCES
BE THIS EVENING AND WHEN ADVISORY WINDS WILL SETTLE DOWN.

THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 18Z SHOWED A SURFACE TROUGH FROM
THE NORTHWEST TIP OF NEBRASKA SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO DOWN TO
EASTERN NEW MEXICO.  A DRYLINE WAS FORMING AND RAN FROM NEAR LIC
CO TO EAST OF LVS NM AND FARTHER SSW.  EXPECT THE TROUGH AND DRY
LINE TO PHASE TOGETHER AS IT EDGES EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS.  A VERY
WARM AND DEEP AIRMASS IS IN PLACE WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS ABLE TO
PROVIDE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE.  THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRYLINE IN NEW MEXICO...WHICH COULD
ADVANCE OR DEVELOP NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE DRYLINE INTO MY
SOUTHWEST-MOST COUNTIES.  MY NORTHWEST AND NORTH COUNTIES APPEAR TO
HAVE HIGHEST CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 21 AND 00Z...WITH A RAPID DECREASE
BY 03Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MOST OF THE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL
BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO SYRACUSE...SO 40 POPS FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE WILL EXIST IN THOSE AREAS THROUGH 03Z...WITH 20 POPS
TO THE SOUTH OF THAT AREA. WILL SPREAD THE 20 POPS FARTHER SOUTH AND
EAST AFTER 03Z AS THE TROUGH/DRYLINE GETS PUSHED EAST AND CONVECTION
PROVIDES A FEW MORE BOUNDARIES FOR CONVERGENCE.  DO NOT THINK
FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN...AS MOST STORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED AND
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT QPF.

THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS RAISED WIND SPEEDS OVER MUCH OF MY
CWA THIS AFTERNOON.  A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN POSTED THROUGH 02Z
OR 8 PM CDT.  AFTER THAT...STILL EXPECT BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHEN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE GRADIENT WILL
DROP WINDS TO 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE IN MOST LOCALES WITH WINDS
SHIFTING WEST TO NORTHWEST IN OUR NORTHWEST ZONES AS A TROUGH DROPS
INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST
HAD. LOW TO MID 60S BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.  HIGH TEMPS FRIDAY
UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL SOAR TO THE UPPER 80S IN THE NORTHWEST
TO THE MID 90S IN OUR SOUTHEAST SECTIONS.  HIGHS FOR SATURDAY SHOULD
BE AFFECTED BY A MILD COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH HIGHS FROM 83 AT
HAYS TO 89F AT LBL.

DAYS 3-7...

THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY FAIRLY HIGH ZONAL
INDEX ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS...WITH MEAN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED
AROUND TEXAS THROUGH THE EARLY-MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. MEAN UPPER
LEVEL JET STREAM AND STORM TRACK IS EXPECTED TO BE WEST TO EAST FROM
THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THROUGH THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
INTO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY REGION.  DURING THE PERIOD FROM
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A POLAR FRONT WILL LIKELY BE
QUASI-STATIONARY DAY-TO-DAY...WITH AREAS SOUTH OF THE FRONT SEEING
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER TRIPLE DIGITS.  A VERY WARM
LOWER-MID TROPOSPHERIC SETTING WILL LIKELY PUT A LID ON ORGANIZED
CONVECTION...WITH BEST CHANCE AT CONVECTION BEING ALONG OR NORTH OF
THE FRONT...AND ONLY IF A DECENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALLOWS ENOUGH
FORCING FOR ASCENT TO GENERATE CONVECTIVE STORMS.  THIS KIND OF
DETAIL IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION...

AVIATION FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER AROUND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS
EVENING.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING WHICH WILL SPAWN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  THE QUESTION IS HOW FAR SOUTH ORGANIZED
CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP.  AM MORE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTING GCK AND DDC TERMINALS AND AS A RESULT WILL JUST GO WITH
CB FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING.  THINK THAT SOUTHERN EDGE OF
ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT HYS AROUND THE 01 TO 03Z
TIME FRAME AND HAVE GONE WITH -TSRA IN THE FORECAST FOR ROUGHLY THIS
TIME RANGE.  A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED AREA-WIDE
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  63  90  62  86 /  20   0  10   0
GCK  61  89  60  85 /  20   0  10   0
EHA  61  92  60  89 /  30   0  10   0
LBL  62  92  62  90 /  20   0  10   0
HYS  62  88  60  83 /  40   0  10   0
P28  67  95  67  89 /   0   0  10   0

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR KSZ030-
031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088.

&&

FN12/25/25

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
458 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301000-
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-
458 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 /358 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO
SCOTT CITY AFTER 4 PM. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE
OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN TREGO...LANE AND ELLIS COUNTIES
DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORMS SPOTTERS MAY BE NEED AFTER 4 PM TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM
ELKHART TO GARDEN CITY TO LACROSSE.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
648 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             6 N COLLYER             39.12N 100.12W
05/29/2008  E0.88 INCH       TREGO              KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
947 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSZ043>045-300330-
LANE-NESS-SCOTT-
947 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LANE...NESS AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 942 PM CDT/842 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTH OF SCOTT STATE LAKE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF TRIBUNE...MOVING EAST
AT 46 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

RESIDENTS IN LANE...NORTHWESTERN NESS AND SCOTT COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF SCOTT STATE LAKE...MODOC...SCOTT CITY...HEALY...
MANNING...SHIELDS...GRIGSTON AND SHALLOW WATER...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3869 10113 3868 10024 3828 10023 3828 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 269DEG 40KT 3879 10089 3837 10163

BIELINSKI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1101 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1040 PM     HAIL             10 NE SCOTT CITY        38.58N 100.78W
05/29/2008  E1.00 INCH       SCOTT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JFINCH