1 high wind, 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 Apr 16, 2:34 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION/AMMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 334 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002 UPDATED TO ADD HIGH WIND WARNING CODING DAYS 1-2... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS CYCLE IS THE WIND SPEEDS AND TIMING OF RELAXING AND REINFORCING. THE SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 19Z SHOWED DRY LINE HAD MOVED FROM NEAR GCK TO AROUND GBD SINCE 17Z. CURRENT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TO STAY UP UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. WEAK COLD FRONT WAS FROM NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA TO NEAR GLD. EXPECT THIS COLD FRONT TO DIP INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z TONIGHT, AS DRY LINE RETREATS BACK WEST AND GETS OVERTAKEN FROM BELOW BY THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH UNDER ADVISORY CRITERIA QUICKLY RIGHT AROUND OR JUST AFTER SUNSET. THEN, AS COLD FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MOST PART OF CWA BY 12Z WED, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL MUCH LOWER THAN THIS MORNINGS LOWS...LOW TO MID 40S NORTHWEST AND LOWER 50S SOUTHEAST. WEDNESDAY COULD TURN OUT TO BE ANOTHER WINDY AFTERNOON, ONCE LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP FROM THE SOUTH. WILL GO WITH BECOMING VERY WINDY WORDING FOR NOW, AND LET NEXT SHIFTS ISSUE ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY OR POSSIBLE WARNING. MEASURABLE PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH 18/00Z LOOK VERY SLIM. PERHAPS A FEW SPRINKLES IN THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES, BUT NOT ENOUGH EXPECTED TO REACH THE GROUND TO MENTION. THINK THURSDAY TEMPS WILL BE JUST A LITTLE HIGHER ON LOW TEMPS DUE TO WINDS, AND SLIGHTLY COOLER (THAN WED) DUE TO THE POST FRONTAL COOLING OF THE LOW TO MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. DAYS 3-7... LIMITED U/A AND ACARS DATA OVER THE NE PACIFIC THIS MORNING TO AID IN VERIFYING THE 3H JET STREAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF AN UPPER LOW LOCATED JUST OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. ONE OB NEAR THIS VICINITY DOES SUPPORT THE THE AVN STRONGER WND MAX AT 12Z TUE, SO AT THIS TIME WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE AVN AND SLIGHTLY DEEPER ECMWF SOLUTIONS FOR THE WEEKEND PERIOD. AS A RESULT A SERIES OF WAVES WILL ROTATE AROUND OUR WRN CONUS TROF THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE AVN BRINGING OUR NEXT DECENT VORT LOBE INTO THE PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT ALSO EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KS THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL SO WILL ALSO MENTION LOW CHANCE POPS. THE FRONT THEN STALLS OUT SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER DECENT WAVE DROPS SOUTH INTO THE BASE OF OUR WRN CONUS TROF. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OUT OF NW CANADA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS SHOULD BRING A BREAK IN THE RECENT HEAT. WILL THEREFORE DROP TEMPS BACK WELL INTO THE 50S, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF OUR FRONT DUE TO THE APPROACHING CANADIAN HIGH, UPSLOPE FLOW, AND 85H TEMPS. WILL ALSO KEEP MENTION OF POPS GOING INTO WEEKEND. FOR NEXT WEEK WILL GO WITH A SLT CHANCE OF PCPN EARLY AS YET ANOTHER VORT LOBE CROSSES THE PLAINS. TEMPS THEN SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO REBOUND THROUGH MID WEEK AS A WESTERLY FLOW TRIES TO ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE PLAINS. PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 44 82 50 77 / 0 0 0 0 GCK 46 83 53 78 / 0 0 0 0 EHA 44 83 49 78 / 0 0 0 0 LBL 46 83 53 78 / 0 0 0 0 HYS 44 82 50 77 / 0 0 0 0 P28 52 85 58 80 / 0 0 0 0 .DDC...HIGH WIND WARNING TIL 03Z EAST OF GCK-LBL AND WEST OF HYS TO ASHLAND LINES. KSZ030>031-043>046-063>065-076>080-086>088- WIND ADVISORY TIL 03Z WEST 6 COUNTIES AND EAST/SE 4 COUNTIES. KSZ061-062-066-074-075-081-084-085-090- BURKE/BURGERT
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-170600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1120 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2002 STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY. A DRY LINE WILL EDGE EASTWARD THR0UGH WESTERN KANSAS TODAY, ALLOWING FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE TO BLOW EAST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO LIBERAL. THE VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS OF LATE WILL COMBINE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS, RESULTING IN A FIRE INDEX IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY. CONTROLLED BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND NOT RECOMMENDED. ALSO, YOU MAY WANT TO SECURE ANY LIGHTWEIGHT OR LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WHICH CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE LAST TWO STORM IDENTIFICATION AND SPOTTER TRAINING SESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SEASON. STARTING TIMES ARE AT 700 PM CDT. CLARK.....THIS EVENING, AT THE MINNEOLA CIVIC CENTER. SEWARD....THURSDAY APRIL 18TH, AT THE PAVILION IN KISMET. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc BURKE
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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The high wind was recorded by a Davis Instrument sensor at the Dodge City airport.
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