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 19, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2003 DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE WHEN TO END THE THUNDER AND POSSIBLE HEAVY LOCAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. UPPER AIR AND SURFACE ANAL SHOWS ABUNDANT MOISTURE AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD FROM NEW MEXICO. WITH WEAK TO NO CAP AND GOOD MOISTURE IN PLACE, UPWARD MOTION WITH WAVE, WILL GO WITH 70 POP ACROSS ENTIRE AREA. WEAK VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILE WILL PRECLUDE SEVERE THREAT, HOWEVER WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THE GREATEST THREAT IS FLASH FLOODING. WILL NOT GO WITH ANY HEADLINES FOR NOW AS THINKING THE EVENT WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED THAN WIDESPREAD. THE WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON FRIDAY MORNING THEN EXITS AREA BY FRIDAY LATE PM. WILL END PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST WITH WAVE AND THEN HAVE A SMALL POP FOR THE FAR WEST WITH ANY STORMS THAT MAKE IT FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO. WITH CAPPING INVERSION/WARMING TAKING PLACE WE WILL NEED A SIGNIFICANT WAVE TO SET OFF MORE THUNDER AFTER PEAK HEATING. THEN ON SATURDAY WILL GO WITH A SMALL POP TO COVER ENTIRE AREA WITH WARM FRONT AND WEAK CAP BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS FAR AS TEMPS GO, WILL GO WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND HIGHS ON FRIDAY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. THE WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE MUCH WARMER WITH LOW TO MID 90S. WINDS ALSO PICK UP TO WINDY CATEGORY ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. DAYS 3-7... A PATTERN CHANGE IN UPCOMING FOR THE PLAINS AS HEIGHTS FALL ACROSS THE WEST AND A TROUGH TAKES UP SHOP IN THAT REGION FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW THE UPPER FLOW TO BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY ACROSS WESTERN KS AND WILL BRING IN SOME WARMER, CAPPING MID LEVEL TEMPS FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS SHOULD KEEP MOST OF THE TSTORM ACTIVITY TO OUR NORTH. DID LEAVE POPS IN SAT EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE FOR THE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED STORM POPPING UP. BEYOND THAT, THE 5790DAM 1000-500MB THICKNESS LINE MOVES WELL NORTH OF THE AREA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS, INDICATIVE OF STRONG CAPPING. ALSO SHOWING THIS IS PROGGED 700MB TEMPS IN THE 14-15C RANGE. SO WILL GO HOT AND DRY IN THE GRIDS THOSE DAYS. I COULDNT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED DRYLINE TSTORM DURING THIS PERIOD, BUT THE POP WOULD BE 10% OR LESS SO I LEFT IT OUT. SPEAKING OF TEMPS, COULD SEE HIGHS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY WITH PROGGED 850 TEMPS NEAR 30C. WILL GRADUALLY COOL THINGS OFF BY THURSDAY AND INSERT A SLGT CHC TSTORM POP AS THE TROUGH AXIS ACROSS THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SHIFT EAST AND DEEPEN, WHICH WILL ALLOW MID LEVEL TEMPS TO COOL SOME AND INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES AROUND HERE. .PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 63 82 65 94 / 70 60 00 20 GCK 61 82 64 94 / 70 60 00 20 EHA 60 88 64 96 / 70 20 20 20 LBL 62 83 65 95 / 70 50 20 20 HYS 62 81 64 90 / 70 70 00 20 P28 65 82 67 91 / 70 70 00 20 .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. 06/27
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 504 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reported over many county roads.
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