1 thunderstorm 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 Aug 1, 1:17 PM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 217 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 DAYS 1-2... MAIN CHALLENGE IS WHERE TSRA WILL BE TONIGHT. SFC ANALYSIS PLACES BOUNDARY NEAR OK BORDER AND JUST NORTH OF P28. LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS RAPPING INTO HYS AREA. MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS HAS S/W TROF OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND JET STREAK WAS VISIBLE IN WV IMAGERY WHICH HELPED FIRE SOME TSRA OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. VISIBLE IMAGES INDICATING SOME MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR 700MB TROF EARLIER THIS MORNING WHICH COULD BE ANOTHER FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON STORMS. HOWEVER, DONT THINK WE WILL ACHIEVE 100 OVER MOST AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST WHERE THINK MID LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE PERSISTED DUE TO MODERATE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THOUGHT THE ETA HAD A LITTLE BETTER HANDLE ON THE LOCATION OF SFC BOUNDARY AND KEEPS BOUNDARY ALONG OK/KS BORDER THIS EVENING BEFORE IT SAGS SOUTH BY SATURDAY MORNING. FOR TONIGHT, WILL GO FAIRLY CLOSE TO CURRENT POP/WX GRIDS BUT WILL RAISE POPS FOR SOUTHEAST TO A50%. WILL PROBABLY ALSO HAVE A MENTION OF SEVERE FOR HAIL/WINDS WITH PRECIP ENDING BY 9Z SATURDAY. SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING, WILL PROBABLY ENTERS SOME SMALL POPS FOR AT LEAST THE WESTERN CWA. SHOULD HAVE SOME UPSLOPE FLOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO WITH MID 50S DEWPOINTS SO CANT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR STORMS TO PROPAGATE INTO CWA. DAYS 3-7... MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE UPPER FEATURES WILL SHIFT EASTWARD DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD, BRINGING THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS NOW OVER THE WEST TO THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS. UNTIL THIS HAPPENS, WEST- NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DOMINATE, BRINGING A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT STORMS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT OVER THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE SMALL POPS INTO TUESDAY AM WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE REGION. AFTER THAT, THE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST WITH A MORE NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE UPPER FLOW MOVING OVER THE AREA. FEEL THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL THEN SHIFT TO OUR WESTERN ZONES DUE TO HIGH TERRAIN AFTERNOON ACTIVITY MOVING SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. AFTER THAT, WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES OVER THE AREA. SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AFTER TUESDAY AS UPPER HEIGHTS RISE. .PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 65 90 65 91 / 20 00 00 30 GCK 63 89 63 91 / 00 00 00 30 EHA 66 89 66 92 / 20 00 00 30 LBL 67 90 67 92 / 40 00 00 30 HYS 63 89 63 92 / 30 00 00 30 P28 68 90 67 95 / 50 00 00 30 .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. 15/27
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-021000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 457 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE DAY AND WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AFTER 3 PM. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME AS A SERIES OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS MOVE INTO THE WESTERN STATES. AT THIS TIME IT IS UNCLEAR THE EXTENT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT, SO STAY TUNED TO UPDATED FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM TODAY IN LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. UMSCHEID
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 30 by 40 foot shed was destroyed and a grain cart was moved 10 feet.
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