Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Dodge City, KS

648 
WWUS53 KDDC 080344
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1044 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSC075-187-080415-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-111008T0415Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
944 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON AND
NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/...

AT 940 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOLIDGE...
  SYRACUSE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3825 10204 3825 10155 3766 10164 3769 10203
      3780 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 215DEG 47KT 3778 10173
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

034 
WWUS53 KDDC 080405
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1105 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSC075-187-080414-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-111008T0415Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
1005 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN HAMILTON 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3825 10204 3825 10155 3766 10164 3769 10203
      3780 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 215DEG 47KT 3801 10153

$$

RUSSELL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
529 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...
A FAIRLY ACTIVE PERIOD IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF
PERIOD. STRONG/SVR THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT TO DEVELOP AS OF 2220
UTC AROUND THE HUGOTON AREA. WILL HAVE VCTS IN THE GCK TAF
PROBABLY IN THE INITIAL LINE...BUT THIS WILL BE A LAST-MINUTE
DECISION BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. ELSEWHERE AT DDC AND HYS...WILL BE
HOLDING OFF ON ANY CONVECTION UNTIL LATER IN THE NIGHT...ONLY
GOING WITH CB IN THE CLOUD GROUP AT DDC BEGINNING ABOUT 02Z AND A
LITTLE LATER AT HYS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A LARGE COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AFFECTING GCK IN THE 07-10Z TIME
FRAME...DDC AND HYS IN THE 09-12Z TIME FRAME. DURING THE 09-15Z
TIME FRAME IS WHEN THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION AFFECTING ALL THREE FORECAST TERMINALS AND WILL LIKELY
PLAY THIS WITH A PROB30 -TSRA FORECAST FROM 09-15Z. OUTSIDE OF
RAIN AND CONVECTION...PREVAILING FLIGHT CATEGORY IS EXPECTED TO BE
MVFR WITH CEILING HEIGHT AVERAGING 1500 TO 2000 FEET THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND DURING MOST OF THE DAY SATURDAY. -UMSCHEID

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY SURPRISES IN THE 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS.
THE NOSE OF THE 250 MB JET HAD PUSHED UP TOWARD THE CANADIAN
BORDER WHILE ANOTHER JET SEGMENT WAS DROPPING INTO THE BASE OF THE
TROUGH OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. A THIRD JET SEGMENT WAS PUSHING
SOUTH ALONG THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE 500 MB ANALYSIS
HAD THE UPPER LOW OVER FAR SOUTHEAST MONTANA. SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SYSTEM CLOSING OFF JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION AND HEADING SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE
SURFACE A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH HAD PUSHED OUT INTO WESTERN KANSAS
OVERNIGHT AND SEEMS TO BE BECOMING REESTABLISHED OUT ALONG THE
COLORADO BORDER. A FAIRLY DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GRADIENT
EXISTS EAST OF THE TROUGH. THE SPC MESO ANALYSIS PAGE SHOWS THE
ATMOSPHERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE EAST OF THE TROUGH.

THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EXPECT WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO BREAK OUT ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF THE
INSTABILITY AXIS. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS STRONGEST OVER EASTERN
COLORADO AND FAR WESTERN KANSAS WITH 50-60 KNOTS OF SHEAR OVER THE
WESTERN CWA. THE SHEAR IS PARALLEL TO THE LOW LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SO
THAT WILL HAVE SOME OF A MITIGATING EFFECT ON SUPERCELLS BUT CAN'T
TOTALLY RULE THAT POSSIBILITY OUT. THE MAIN THREAT FOR STORMS WILL
BE SOME LARGE HAIL AND ALSO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GIVEN THE
PREDICTED RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. NOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE
TORNADIC THREAT BUT IT IS NOT TOTALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION.

LATER TONIGHT THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE APPROACHING
WESTERN KANSAS. AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE DIFLUENT OVER THE
CWA EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. STILL COULD BE
A SMALL THREAT FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS BUT HEAVY RAIN WILL BECOME A
GREATER CONCERN. ON SATURDAY THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SHIFT INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE
MAIN WAVE WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS
WILL WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHWEST
KANSAS ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCES WILL LIKELY REMAIN EAST OF
HIGHWAY 83. INITIALLY I AM NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREAT FOR
FLOODING. WITH VERY DRY ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS MUCH OF THE
RAIN WE GET TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL BE SOAKING IN. THIS THREAT
COULD INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AND MORE LIKELY ON SUNDAY AS THUNDERSTORMS
REDEVELOP AND MAY MOVE OVER GROUND THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SATURATED.
WILL NOT ISSUE ANY WATCH HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS FOR NOW BUT LATER
SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

DAYS 3-7...

ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THE LAST REMNANTS OF THE LARGE PRECIPITATION
SYSTEM SHOULD BE STILL INFLUENCING THE FORECAST AREA. THE FINAL
CHUNK OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION
AND RELEASES WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.

THE RESULT WILL BE A WESTERLY SURFACE WIND BECOMING ESTABLISHED
BEHIND A BOUNDARY LAYER COLD FRONT ON MONDAY, AND THE BEGINNING OF
A PLEASANT PERIOD WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. AS THE NOSE OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL JET BECOMES ORIENTED
NORTHWESTERLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN/HIGH PLAINS REGION, THERE WILL
LIKELY BE AN AXIS OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
JUST TO OUR SOUTHEAST. THE GFS IS SLOWER THAT THE ECMWF ON THIS
FEATURES, THUS SHOWING SOME SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION TUESDAY EVENING.
WE WILL LEAN TOWARD THE EC ON THIS SOLUTION AS THE POPS SEEM A BIT
HIGH RIGHT NOW.

BY MID WEEK, NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHES WITH
THE STRONG 130 KNOT JET RIDGING FROM THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC INTO THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLANS STATES. THIS WILL KEEP THE COOL AND MORE
MOIST AIR CIRCULATING OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. SOUTH OF THIS
AXIS, A BUILDING RIDGE OF 850MB-SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP FROM
WY/MT THROUGH THE  CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS OF KANSAS THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. AS A RESULT, COOL NIGHTS AND NEAR NORMAL DAYTIME HIGHS ARE
ANTICIPATED THOUGH THAT PERIOD. BY FRIDAY, THE RIDGE AXIS WILL HAVE
MOVED FAR ENOUGH EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THAT BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS MAY THEN START TO BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA. THIS
WILL BRING SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR ACROSS THE AREA AND POSSIBLE ALLOW
SOME 80 DEGREE READINGS OR HIGHER TO RETURN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  64  72  54  65 /  80  70  50  60
GCK  60  70  49  62 /  80  70  40  50
EHA  53  72  47  63 /  70  40  20  20
LBL  59  71  52  64 /  80  60  30  30
HYS  66  72  54  64 /  80  70  60  70
P28  69  76  59  69 /  60  70  60  70

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

FN99/99/25

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
831 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-080930-
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-
831 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /731 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS THIS EVENING MAY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGAING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL BE THE THE MAIN
THREATS. IF STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME PLACE FLOODING MAY BECOME
A CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ONCE AGAIN IF
STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME PLACE FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN. THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS ON TUESDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 283.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. PLEASE REPORT ANY
WEATHER RELATED REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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

&&

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
850 PM CDT FRI OCT 07 2011

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

0835 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 WSW MANTER            37.50N 101.96W
10/07/2011  E60.00 MPH       STANTON            KS   PUBLIC

&&

MSCOTT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
905 PM CDT FRI OCT 07 2011

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

0855 PM     HAIL             10 NE KENDALL           38.04N 101.42W
10/07/2011  E1.00 INCH       KEARNY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

MSCOTT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
925 PM CDT FRI OCT 07 2011

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

0915 PM     HAIL             7 WSW SHALLOW WATER     38.34N 101.03W
10/07/2011  E1.00 INCH       SCOTT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GERARD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
931 PM CDT FRI OCT 07 2011

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

0700 PM     HAIL             5 S LAKIN               37.87N 101.25W
10/07/2011  E0.75 INCH       KEARNY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MSCOTT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
941 PM CDT FRI OCT 07 2011

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

0910 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 WSW GRIGSTON          38.47N 100.73W
10/07/2011  M70.00 MPH       SCOTT              KS   MESONET

&&

GERARD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1021 PM CDT FRI OCT 07 2011

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

0945 PM     TORNADO          6 N GRIGSTON            38.55N 100.73W
10/07/2011                   SCOTT              KS   STORM CHASER

            A STORM CHASER REPORTED SEEING MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES AND
            THEN SEVERAL MINUTES LATER A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD WRAPPED
            IN RAIN EXTENDING MORE THAN HALF WAY TO THE SURFACE FROM
            CLOUD BASE.

&&

UMSCHEID