Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 20, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
310 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2003

...PRECIPITATION CHANCES TONIGHT THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT ARE THE
MAIN CONCERNS...

NORTHWEST FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHERLY THROUGH TUESDAY AS SIGNIFICANT
LOW PRESSURE CARVES OUT A LARGE TROUGH THROUGH THE EAST U.S.  THIS
FEATURE WILL HELP SPREAD COOLER AIR FROM CANADA OVER MUCH THE
COUNTRY EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.  THIS FEATURE IS SHORT-LIVED
AND BEGINS TO FILL FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK.

IN THE SHORT-RANGE...CAP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IS FADING AND
HEAT INDUCED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING.  A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM NORTHEAST TO WESTCENTRAL
NEBRASKA WILL SEE CONVECTION FILL IN ALONG THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD
SOUTHWARD ADDING TO THE CONVECTION THAT WILL ALREADY BE GOING.  THE
CONVECTION SHOULD END OVER THE NORTH AND WEST BY MIDNIGHT BUT MAY
CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE AREA.

TAPERED OFF CHANCE POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
COLLABORATION FROM SURROUNDING OFFICES...WITH THE DEVELOPING
CONVECTION NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA-NEBRASKA BORDER EXPECTED TO SPREAD
SOUTH AND EAST WHILE WEAKENING LATER WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING.

MONDAY SHOULD BE DRY IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW...BUT WELL DEFINED
SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE AN AREA OF WARM AIR ADVECTION AT
H850/700 BY MONDAY AFTERNOON IN NEBRASKA AND ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING PRECIP GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF
THE KANSAS TURNPIKE TUESDAY MORNING.  SKIES WILL BE CLEARING TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AS DRIER ARE MOVES IN.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST FOR NOW WITH
GLOBAL MODELS STILL AT ODDS OVER TIMING OF SHORTWAVES.  HAVE OPTED
TO UTILIZE ECMWF FOR PRIMARY PATTERNS WHICH KEEP ANY SURFACE
FEATURES WELL NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AS NEXT WEEK EVOLVES.
LARGE H500 TROF THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY REGION EJECTS BEFORE THE
WEEKEND ALLOWING A MORE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN U.S.
SHORTWAVE IN THIS FLOW SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT
WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR A SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT.  MAIN CONCERN IN
THIS PERIOD IS WHETHER WARM AIR ADVECTION THAT WILL BE OCCURRING
FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS THE UPPER TROF MOVES EAST AND SOUTH
H850 FLOW KICK IN WILL BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER NOCTURNAL CONVECTION.
AT THIS TIME WILL ONLY TREND FOR INCREASED CLOUDS AND LEAVE DRY
UNTIL MODELS CONGEAL BETTER.

.TOP...NONE.

ROGERS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
900 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS MONDAY ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF KANSAS...MAINLY TO THE
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.  THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY
TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24.

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