1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 4, 9:50 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1050 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2003 ONLY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WILL BE TO LOWER MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES BASED ON HIGH CLOUD DECK OVER THE AREA. ALSO, WENT AHEAD AND BLANKETED ENTIRE CWA WITH 20 POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA IN ZONE OF LOW-LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION. THIS ZONE EXTENDS NORTHWEST INTO KANSAS, SO A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CANT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME WEAK RETURNS SHOWING UP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS, MOVING INTO RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES, BUT IS PROBABLY ONLY SPRINKLES AT BEST. MAIN ACTIVITY STILL EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT, AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTS OUT OF THE ROCKIES, AS REFLECTED IN GOING FORECAST. UPDATE ON THE WAY. KLEINSASSER -------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSION 348 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2003 TDY-TNGHT LOTS OF LITTLE VARIABLES TO PONDER FOR TDY/TNGHT PERIODS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A HEALTHY SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO MONTANA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WAVE WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYER AS IT ROTATES AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS AND INDUCES ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TO DEVELOP. THIS INDUCED WAVE WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE CENTRL PLAINS LATE IN THE DAY...THUS CAUSING A WEAK COLD FRNT TO PUSH S INTO CENTRL KS FOR THE AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. MUCH OF THE CWA LOOKS TO BE CAPPED...BUT THE APPROACHING SHORT WAVE COULD WEAKEN THE CAP FOR CENTRL KS. WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR CENTRL KS AND ALSO FOR PORTIONS OF SE KS NEAR A POSSIBLE WEAK WARM FRNT BNDY. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP THE 0-6KM SHEAR VECTOR ORIENTATION SUGGESTS STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRNT WOULD QUICKLY BECOME LINEAR...WHILE IN SE KS 0-6KM SHEAR VECTOR SUGGEST INDIVIDUAL CELLS. CONVERGENCE ALONG THESE BNDYS IS NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE SO WILL NOT GET TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH POPS. CHANCES LOOK PRETTY GOOD FOR SE KS LATER TONIGHT AND WILL UP THE POPS THERE. THIS WILL ALSO FIT BETTER WITH A FEW SURROUNDING OFFICES IN THAT AREA. TUES-WED THE FRNT LOOKS TO MOVE OUT OF SE KS BY TUES MORNING AND WILL SHUT PRECIP CHANCES DOWN FOR THE AFTERNOON IN THAT AREA. SFC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA AND KEEP THINGS DRY. TEMPS SHOULD WARM A FEW MORE DEGREES ON WED FROM TUES HIGHS. EXTENDED: THUR-SUN NO CHANGES MADE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS UPPER RIDGING WILL BE IN CONTROL. THIS WILL RESULT IN HOT SUMMER LIKE TEMPS RETURNING ONCE AGAIN. TRIPLE DIGITS READINGS POSSIBLY SNEAKING BACK INTO CENTRL KS AREA BY FRI AND INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH MID TO UPPER 90S SLATED FOR SE KS. THANKS FOR COORDS...SGF FCSTID = 15/JAKUB ICT 94 72 91 70 / 10 30 10 10 HUT 94 71 91 69 / 10 30 10 10 EWK 94 71 91 70 / 10 30 10 10 EQA 93 72 91 69 / 10 30 10 10 WLD 94 73 93 71 / 10 30 10 10 RSL 94 67 90 68 / 20 30 10 10 GBD 95 69 91 69 / 10 30 10 10 SLN 94 69 90 69 / 20 30 10 10 MPR 94 71 91 70 / 10 30 10 10 CFV 92 72 93 71 / 20 50 20 10 CNU 92 71 91 69 / 20 50 20 10 K88 92 71 91 69 / 20 50 20 10 .ICT... KS...NONE.
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-051200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 516 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE SITUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WESTWARD TOWARDS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH DEWPOINTS AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL MAKE FOR A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE, ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ANY ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT AROUND 30 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS, AS A COLD FRONT WILL STILL BE IN THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE TONIGHT PERIOD. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ICT/HWO/HWOICT.HTM JAKUB
The Wichita radar (KICT), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Home struck, with damage to roof and electrical circuitry. (Newton Kansan.)
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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