1 high 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 May 6, 2:42 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 342 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 DAYS 1-2... ANALYSIS SHOWING S/W TROF OVER NEW MEXICO AT 06Z THAT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. ANALYSIS AND WV LOOP SHOWING SEVERAL OTHER WAVES IN THE FLOW BEHIND THIS ONE. RADAR SHOWING LIGHT TSRA OVER WESTERN KS THAT MAY BE AFFECTING NORTHERN CWA THIS MORNING. SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY NVA BEHIND S/W LATER THIS MORNING SO EXPECT PRECIP TO MOVE OFF TO EAST/NORTHEAST. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, NEXT WAVE COMES OUT. CWA SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF COLD FRONT WITH DEWPOINTS ADVECTING IN FROM EAST BEHIND FRONT. WILL GO WITH CHC POPS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT FOR ELEVATED TS. SHOULD SEE MAINLY UPPER 60S OVER CWA TODAY WITH LOWER 70S OVER SOUTHEAST WHERE THERE WILL BE A BIT MORE SUN. PRETTY GOOD UPSLOPE DEVELOPS TONIGHT WITH DEWPOINTS INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. EXPECT WE WILL HAVE STRATUS (FOG?) DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY. THE 850 TEMPS GET BACK TO 16-18C FOR CENTRAL CWA WITH LOWER 20S SOUTHWEST BUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 60S FOR THE MOST PART AS HIGH BL RH SHOULD KEEP US FROM MIXING WELL. DECIDED TO GO WITH LOWER 70S FOR SOUTHEAST WHERE THE BETTER MOISTURE WILL KEEP TONIGHTS TEMPS FROM DROPPING AS MUCH. WILL ALSO RAISE SOUTHWEST TO LOWER 70S. WILL HAVE SOME WAA ABOVE THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER ON WEDNESDAY NORTH OF FRONT WILL WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS FOR MAINLY OVER NORTHERN CWA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT DAYS 3-7... A PAIR OF POTENT VORT MAXES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AND WILL LIKELY BRING MORE ROUNDS OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER TO THE EAST OF THE CWA. AS FOR OUR WEATHER, DECIDED TO BUMP HIGHS UP A FEW DEGREES ON THURSDAY AS DRYLINE MOVES THROUGH AREA WITH GOOD WESTERLY DOWNSLOPING BEHIND IT. THIS, ALONG WITH H85 TEMPS NEAR 20C SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES. ALSO RAISED TEMPS ON SATURDAY BASED ON SIMILAR REASONING AS THE SECOND SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. OTHERWISE, NO OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE AT THIS TIME. .PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 68 52 67 54 / 00 40 40 40 GCK 67 51 66 53 / 00 40 30 40 EHA 69 47 71 54 / 30 30 00 00 LBL 70 49 71 55 / 00 40 00 00 HYS 66 49 64 54 / 00 40 50 50 P28 76 56 73 57 / 00 00 00 30 .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. 15/27
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-071000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 15/27
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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Occurred at the Holcomb middle school weatherlab site.
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