Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
802 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 757 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

THE INITIAL ROUND OF SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OFF TO
THE NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY AND BECOME SUB-SEVERE. HOWEVER, A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW THROUGH THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE WILL INITIATE RENEWED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING.
THIS NEW ACTIVITY WILL START OUT IN THE COUNTIES THAT BORDER
OKLAHOMA, THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL
KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY WAS MAINTAINED THROUGH 11 PM ALTHOUGH
WINDS WERE CURRENTLY JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW)
ISSUED AT 333 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

VISIBLE SATELLITE IS NOW INDICATING AN EXPANDING CUMULUS FIELD OVER
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS
ASSOCIATED WITH DIURNAL SURFACE HEATING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
TRANSPORT. THIS EXPANDING CUMULUS CLOUD REGION IS GENERALLY IN THE
WARM SECTOR OF A WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM NEAR GAGE, OK TO
GREAT BEND. FATHER WEST, DRIER AIR RESIDES OVER WESTERN KANSAS WITH
NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS. IT IS ALONG THE CONVERGENCE ZONE OF THIS
BOUNDARY THAT CONVECTIVE INITIATION IS MODELED BY THE VARIOUS
MESOSCALE MODELS INCLUDING THE NAM 12 AND HRRR. THE MESOSCALE SETUP
WOULD FAVOR A BRIEF SEVERE PERIOD EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO THE
STRONG SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE
MEAN STORM MOTIONS WOULD BE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 KNOTS, AND ENOUGH
ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR APPEARS PRESENT TO ALLOW
FOR A FEW STRONG UPDRAFTS WITH ROTATION TO SUPPORT GOLFBALL OR UP TO
TENNIS BALL HAIL STORMS. MESOSCALE MODELS APPEAR TO SUPPORT THE
EVOLUTION OF THE ISOLATED SUPERCELLS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING A WEAK COLD
POOL AND WEAKENING IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER, EVEN AS STORMS WEAKEN IN
THE EVENING DUE TO LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING, THE ISENTROPIC LIGHT
LOOKS TO REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA AS A WARM MOIST
CONVEYOR BELT/ISENTROPIC LIFT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF
RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND/OR
OVERNIGHT.

THE COOLER DRIER AIR LYING TO THE WEST OF THE REGION WILL SLIDE
THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT. AS THE UPPER LOW DEVELOPS
EASTWARD INTO TUESDAY. COOLER AIR ALOFT AND STRONG VORTICITY
ADVECTION WILL ALLOW CONTINUED RAINS AS WELL AS EMBEDDED ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY. CLOUDY CONDITIONS AS
WEAK COLD ADVECTION WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE
50S ON TUESDAY.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 354 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY THEN INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY. THE ECMWF HAS SHIFTED ITS TRACK A LITTLE FARTHER
SOUTH THAN THE PREVIOUS MODEL RUN, MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THE GFS AND GEM CONTINUE TO HAVE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKING ACROSS
SOUTHERN KANSAS OR THE KS/OK BORDER. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AT
THE SURFACE BRINGING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NORTHEAST ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NIGHT THEN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS ON
WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS LOW WILL BRING A CONTINUED
CHANCE OF RAIN AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAN'T BE RULED OUT BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH MAINLY
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD END
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CLOUDS WILL ALSO DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ANTICIPATED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. WINDS TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH TO
NORTHWEST DUE TO THE EXITING STORM SYSTEM.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY WITH A SURFACE HIGH LOCATED ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST UNITED
STATES DURING THIS PERIOD WHICH WILL IN TURN DEVELOP LEE TROUGHING
ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. NORTHERLY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO SHIFT
TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST IN RESPONSE TO THE LEE TROUGHING AND LOOK
TO BECOME BREEZY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL TO
OUR EAST, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECASTED
THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TO MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS THIS
WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE WILL HELP PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
SHIFTING WINDS BACK TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. I HAVE KEPT THE SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY BUT
CONFIDENCE IS LOW IF THIS WILL OCCUR. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
BEHIND THIS FRONT THEN SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. IF THIS
VERIFIES WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES, HIGHS WILL INCREASE FROM THE UPPER 50S AND
LOWER 60S WEDNESDAY TO MID TO UPPER 70S ON FRIDAY AS LEE TROUGHING
DEVELOPS AND WARMER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE SOUTH. HIGHS THEN
DECREASE INTO 60S SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST. LOWS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE IN
THE 40S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ANS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE
HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL BE OBSERVED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 637 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 01 AND 04 UTC
AT GCK AND DDC IN THE VICINITY OF A STATIONARY FRONT. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT HYS. CELINGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER
AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
CIGS COULD LOWER TO IFR BY 08Z AT DDC/HYS/GCK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  42  56  44  61 /  80  60  60  30
GCK  40  56  42  59 /  80  50  50  30
EHA  37  52  39  63 /  50  40  40  10
LBL  41  55  41  63 /  80  40  50  10
HYS  44  56  45  58 /  60  70  70  50
P28  53  67  49  63 /  50  60  60  30

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
KSZ030-031-043>045-061>064-074>077-084>086.

&&

UPDATE...FINCH
SHORT TERM...RUSSELL
LONG TERM....HOVORKA 42
AVIATION...FINCH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
130 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-030815-
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-
130 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 /1230 PM MDT MON APR 2 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE SEE
THE ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM CST...GENERALLY ALONG A 50
MILE WIDE CORRIDOR ALONG A LINE FROM LIBERAL TO CIMARRON
CITY...NESS CITY AND HAYS. THUNDERSTORMS WOULD INITIALLY RAPIDLY
DEVELOP AND LIFT NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...LINGERING
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A BRIEF 2 OR THREE HOUR PERIOD OF SEVERE
INTENSITY THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. THE MAXIMUM HAIL SIZE EXPECTED IS
UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS. ADDITIONALLY, THE STRONGEST STORM OR
TWO MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED
BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT BIT IS NOT LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS A BROADER AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING, BUT THE SEVERITY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE GREATLY
DIMINISHED BY THE MID EVENING. SMALL HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY PERSIST WITH SOME STORMS THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, BUT MAY PRODUCE
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEXT WEEKEND.
IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

&&

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

RUSSELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT MON APR 02 2012

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

0705 PM     HAIL             MONTEZUMA               37.60N 100.44W
04/02/2012  E0.88 INCH       GRAY               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

UMSCHEID

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
745 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSZ045-064-030130-
HODGEMAN-NESS-
745 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTIES...

AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3828 10011 3852 9981 3842 9959 3822 9958
      3807 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 126DEG 15KT 3822 9969

RUSSELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
756 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSZ076-086-030145-
HASKELL-SEWARD-
756 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HASKELL AND NORTHERN SEWARD
COUNTIES...

AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUBLETTE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3740 10108 3761 10109 3772 10085 3736 10065
      3710 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 135DEG 42KT 3754 10092

RUSSELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
802 PM CDT MON APR 02 2012

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

0755 PM     HAIL             7 N HANSTON             38.22N 99.72W
04/02/2012  E0.75 INCH       HODGEMAN           KS   PUBLIC

            ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED.

&&

MRUSSELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
833 PM CDT MON APR 02 2012

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

0833 PM     HAIL             HANSTON                 38.12N 99.71W
04/02/2012  E0.75 INCH       HODGEMAN           KS   PUBLIC

&&

MRUSSELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
916 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

KSZ085-030300-
STEVENS-
916 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF TYRONE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HUGOTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3711 10155 3738 10155 3739 10120 3700 10109
      3700 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 153DEG 21KT 3700 10125

RUSSELL