2 hail, 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 Jul 28, 1:17 PM CST, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 102 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 DAYS 1-2... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH DDC THIS MORNING IS NOW SOUTH OF THE KS-OK BORDER WITH NUMEROUS CU FIELD SOUTH OF IT. TO OUR NORTH AND WEST, SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK WAVE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW. WITH THIS ACTIVITY MOVING TOWARD THE AREA, SEE NO REASON TO CHANCE THE CURRENT FORECAST OF SLGT CHC POPS FOR THIS EVENING. FOR TOMORROW, COULD SEE SOME STORMS DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON WHICH MAY CLIP OUR WESTERN ZONES. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA LOOKS CAPPED SO WILL CONTINUE WITH NO POPS. CURRENT FORECAST REFLECTED THIS FAIRLY WELL, SO DIDNT MAKE ANY CHANGES. BY WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DIVES SOUTHEAST OUT OF CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS WILL HELP TO BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONT SOUTH TOWARD THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. AM NOT TOO IMPRESSED WITH THIS FRONT AT THE MOMENT, WITH THE STRONG UPPER SUPPORT REMAINING WELL TO THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER, MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE VIRTUALLY NO CAP OVER THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SO I COULDNT RULE OUT ISOLATED TSTORM DEVELOPMENT. FEEL CLIMO (20%) POPS FIT THIS SITUATION WELL, AND ONLY MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. ONLY TWEAKED HIGH TEMPS UP A FEW DEGREES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS. DAYS 3-7... DID NOT TWEAK EXTENDED ALL THAT MUCH. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME RETROGRESSION OF UPPER RIDGE THROUGH THE WEEK. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, KEPT THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING AS WEAK FRONT DROPS INTO CWA. LOOKS LIKE CAP WILL AGAIN BECOME STRONG WITH UPPER RIDGE FURTHER WEST BY THE WEEKEND. .PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 66 91 64 94 / 20 00 00 20 GCK 63 90 62 93 / 20 00 00 20 EHA 64 89 62 91 / 20 20 20 20 LBL 65 90 63 93 / 20 20 20 20 HYS 63 90 64 94 / 20 00 00 20 P28 70 93 67 96 / 20 00 00 20 .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. 27/15
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 530 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY STORM THAT MIGHT DEVELOP IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AGAIN, ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST PERIODICALLY DURING THE WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 07
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:36 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs up to nine inches in diameter were broken by the high wind.
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, July 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: 5334285, 5334286, 5334287.