2 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 Jan 30, 3:30 PM CST, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 PM CST THU JAN 30 2003 DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE TEMPERATURES AND CLOUDS NEXT FEW DAYS. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD KANSAS TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE THROUGH BY MORNING. NOT ENOUGH LAYER MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE PRECIP HOWEVER MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS AHEAD OF SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN AND OUT. THE WAVE WILL PUSH A CANADIAN COLD FRONT THROUGH WEST KANSAS BY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SWITCH SOUTH WINDS TO NORTH TO NORTHWEST. SOME COLD ADVECTION WILL HELP TO LOWER TEMPS TONIGHT, HOWEVER WITH MIXING OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FROPA AND SOME CLOUDS, THE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE TRICKY. FOR NOW WILL GO A LITTLE BELOW GUIDANCE TO 28 TO 32 ACROSS THE AREA. THEN ON FRIDAY SHORTWAVE RIDGING AND WARMING BEGIN AND PUSH ANOTHER WARM FRONT INTO WESTERN KANSAS. JUST HOW FAR EAST THE WARM AIR WILL MIX OUT DUE TO TERRAIN WILL BE THE CHALLENGE. WILL GO WITH MID 60S WEST CWA TO UPPER 50S EAST AND THIS IS WELL ABOVE NGM GUIDANCE BUT NOT QUITE AS WARM AS ETA GUIDANCE. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY LOOK FOR CONTINUED WARMING WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING. TEMPS SHOULD RESPOND WITH WARMER AIR AND BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS HOW MUCH CIRRUS WILL BE AROUND DURING PEAK HEATING. ALSO WINDS NOT FORECAST TO BE STRONG SO ANY INVERSION WILL BE SLOW TO MIX OUT. WILL GO WITH UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 FOR HIGHS AND THIS IS STILL ABOVE NGM MOS GUIDANCE AND STILL NOT AS WARM AS ETA MOS. IF CLOUDS TURN OUT TO BE THINNER TEMPS MAY RISE INTO 70S. DAYS 3-7... THE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS SUNDAY MAY BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THIS WOULD DELAY PRECIP UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT, AND LEAD TO A VERY MILD DAY SUNDAY. DECIDED TO RAISE MAXES INTO THE MID 70S FOR THE SE CORNER SUNDAY. WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AS UPPER LOW PASSES. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW. THE DETAILS ARE UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT. WILL KEEP A TREND TO COLDER WEATHER BY MIDWEEK. PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 29 59 35 67 / 0 0 0 0 GCK 29 61 33 67 / 0 0 0 0 EHA 30 64 39 71 / 0 0 0 0 LBL 30 63 35 69 / 0 0 0 0 HYS 28 58 32 67 / 0 0 0 0 P28 32 58 35 67 / 0 0 0 0 .DDC...NONE. FCSTID = 6/24
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-310600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 426 AM CST THU JAN 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS BY LATE SUNDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST MOISTURE WILL BE TO THE EAST, BUT ENOUGH COULD ARRIVE IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TO PRODUCE A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW LATE SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT, BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. RITTERLING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured by backup wind equipment at the airport.
Measured by a weather lab instrument.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5339421, 5339422.