1 flash flood, 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 Jun 14, 1:18 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 218 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 DAYS 1-2... ...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE TSTORM CHANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS... POPCORN TSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER THIS AFTERNOON IN AN ATMOSPHERE WITH CAPES TO AROUND 1000 J/KG AND NO CAP. THIS SCENARIO LOOKS TO REPEAT ITSELF AGAIN TOMORROW SO WILL GO WITH CHC POPS OVER THE WESTERN 2/3RDS AND SLGT CHC ELSEWHERE FOR MORE POPCORN SHOWERS AND TSTORMS. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE LACK OF ANY STEERING FLOW. TSTORMS WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN WITH NO UPPER SUPPORT AND NO CHANGE IN THE MOIST, MODERATELY UNSTABLE SURFACE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA, SO WILL END POPS AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDED SLGT CHC POPS OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH LITTLE CAP SHOWING UP IN THE MODEL SOUNDINGS AND CAPES VARYING FROM 500 TO 1500 DOWN SOUTH. THE ETAKF IS ALSO SHOWING HINTS AT SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION AS WELL ON MONDAY. AS FOR TEMPS, JUST MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE GOING FORECAST TEMPS, OTHERWISE GOING FORECAST LOOKED FINE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. DAYS 3-7... SHORT DISCUSSION DUE TO ONGOING WEATHER. GOING EXTENDED CONTINUE TOO BE ON TRACK BASED ON LATEST MODEL RUNS. ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO LOW TEMPS AND DID NOT ADJUST WEATHER/POP GRIDS. .PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 59 83 61 86 / 20 30 30 20 GCK 57 83 60 85 / 30 30 30 20 EHA 57 83 60 85 / 30 30 30 20 LBL 58 83 60 85 / 30 30 30 20 HYS 60 82 60 86 / 20 20 20 20 P28 62 85 62 86 / 20 20 20 20 .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. 27/15
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-151000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE TO THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HOWEVER, WITH ONLY MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL WINDS, WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SOME SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 26
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported over 112th road, 1 mile se of the bypass
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