1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:45 PM CST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 245 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2001 MAIN CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE CHC OF PCPN THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY PCPN AND TEMPS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WED. 12Z ANALYSIS SHOWED A 90KT 250 JET OVER THE NW CONUS WITH ANOTHER STREAK EVIDENT OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. W/V LOOP AND 5H ANALYSIS THIS MORNING ALSO INDICATED SEVERAL EMBEDDED WAVES EXTENDING FROM THE PLAINS WESTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. AT THE SFC AT 15Z ONE SFC BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM EXTREME WESTERN KS INTO SC NEBRASKA AND THE REAL COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NW IOWA INTO SE WY. SFC DWPTS DID SHOW SOME LOWER 60 DWPTS ALONG/NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING WITH SOME DECENT HT RISES AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY. ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING WILL BE WATCHING POSSIBLE CONVECTION ALONG OUR SFC BOUNDARY IN THE CWA AS A S/W TROF CROSSES THE CWA. WITH CONVECTIVE TEMP IN THE UPPER 90S AND 7-5H DELTA T GREATER THAN 20 SOME SCATTERED EVENING CONVECTION LOOKS POSSIBLE AGAIN IN THIS AREA. DO NOT THINK THIS CONVECTION WILL BE LONG LIVED GIVEN THE 13-16C 7H TEMPS. SO MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT SHOULD SEE THESE STORMS DISSIPATE IN OUR CWA TOWARDS SUNSET. WILL ADJUST ZONE ACCORDINGLY DEPENDING ON THIS BOUNDARIES LOCATION AT ISSUANCE TIME. SCATTERED CONVECTION ALSO POSSIBLE FURTHER NORTH ALONG OUR COLD FRONT AS WELL WHICH WILL BE MOVING SOUTH INTO OUR NORTHERN CWA EARLY TONIGHT. THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE ALONG OUR MID LVL BAROCLINIC ZONE FROM SW NE INTO CNTL KANSAS. THIS SHOULD CROSS OUR NORTHERN CWA LATER TONIGHT SO WILL KEEP SOME HIGHER POPS HERE. SEE NO REASON TO ARGUE WITH MODELS ON MOVING THE FRONT JUST SOUTH OF ALL BUT THE SE CWA BY 12Z TUESDAY. WINDS SHOULD ALSO STAY UP PRIOR TO FROPA WITH SOME GUSTY NW WINDS LIKELY IN THE NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL THEREFORE KEEP A WIND ADV GOING FOR MOST/IF NOT ALL THE CWA OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPS UP SOME, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. FOR TUESDAY THE COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA AND STALLS OUT IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. MOISTURE POOLING NORTH OF OUR FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON 7-5H LAPSE RATES OF 7-8C/KM AND 85H MOIST CONVERGENCE WILL KEEP CHC POPS OF AFTERNOON TS IN THE SOUTHEAST NEAR THIS BOUNDARY. ELSEWHERE WILL ONLY MENTION SLT CHC POPS AND GO WITH SOME COOLER TEMPS AND WINDS SUBSIDING AS THE SFC HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. TUESDAY NIGHT, SOUTHEAST FLOW AND MOISTURE ADVT PRESENT IN EASTERN COLORADO AND SW KANSAS. THEREFORE AS ANOTHER VORT LOBE PROGGED TO CROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG OUR NORTHWEST FLOW. WIDESPREAD PCPN THIS TIME APPEARS MORE LIKELY SO WILL OPT FOR LIKELY POPS TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES ON WEDNESDAY WITH 85H BAROCLINIC ZONE STRENGTHENS DURING THE DAY. ANOTHER WAVE CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND SFC MOISTURE ALSO ON THE INCREASE AS WELL FROM THE SOUTHEAST FLOW. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH A WET FORECAST WEDNESDAY. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW S/W PASSAGE ACROSS AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEN DEVELOP RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH MONDAY. THIS IS NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS RUNS SO WILL NOT MAKE TOO MANY ADJUSTMENTS TO GOING FORECAST. WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY TSRA FOR ALL ZONES THOUGH HIGHER TERRAIN OVER WESTERN CWA STAND BEST CHC SHOULD ANYTHING DEVELOP. MORE OR LESS AGREE WITH TEMP TRENDS IN FORECAST AND FMR LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 065/077 060/075 054 226 GCK 061/075 060/076 052 226 EHA 067/077 062/076 053 236 LBL 067/078 061/075 055 236 HYS 060/072 058/072 048 434 P28 069/079 065/078 056 246 .DDC...WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-076>081 -086>090 RB/REITER
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
House was struck by lightning in the attic area and was completely destroyed by the fire that ensued.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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