1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 2:15 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 315 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003 AREA OF CONVECTION SPREADING TOWARD NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AT FORECAST TIME HAS MAINTAINED A GOOD CORE WITH COLD CLOUD TOPS. WILL INCLUDE SCATTERED COVERAGE FOR ALL BUT THE EASTCENTRAL COUNTIES FOR THE MORNING. WILL CONTINUE ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EXTREME EAST AS H700 TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE DISRUPTED BY MORNING ACTIVITY. AFTER THIS WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASSES...H700 TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE NIGHT AND WEAK H500 RIDGING OCCURS AS NORTHEAST KANSAS LIES BETWEEN IMPULSES. THEREFORE HAVE REMOVED OVERNIGHT POPS. AM TROUBLED BY MOST MODEL FORECASTS FOR WEDNESDAY. DESPITE MODELS SHOWING CONSIDERABLE OMEGA FORCING AND A STRONG H500 SHORTWAVE PLUS AFTERNOON CAPES 2000-4000...ONLY THE GFS DEVELOPS PRECIP AND IT ISNT TOO IMPRESSIVE UNTIL EVENING. WITH THAT MUCH ENERGY AND LIFT IN THE AREA...BELIEVE FACTORS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME CAP AND CREATE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. WILL PUSH THE SOUTHEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE AREA TO CHANCE TSTMS. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD QUICKLY DRY FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH ANY LINGERING PRECIP (20% OR LESS) CONFINED SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE AFTER MIDNIGHT. DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WILL CONTINUE TEMPERATURES IN THE 90-95 RANGE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH NO PRECIPITATION. ROGERS .TOP...NONE
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-091000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 512 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 75 THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL BE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds knocked down power poles near Keats and caused a number of residents and businesses to be without power for a time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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