1 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 Aug 19, 1:30 AM CST, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 230 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... NO BIG CHANGES TO GOING GRIDS. THE FRONT, AIDED BY PRECIP, PROGRESSING A TAD FASTER THAN 00Z MODEL PROGS. LOTS OF TSRA DEVELOPED ALONG AND BEHIND FRONT. WILL HAVE CONTINUE COOLING OF MID LEVELS TODAY WITH SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER FRONT, SO EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE BETTER LIFT SHIFTS EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON SO MORE OR LESS KEPT SAME POPS NEXT 24HRS. FOR TEMPS, THINK TEMPS WILL NOT MOVE TOO MUCH WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS, PRECIP AND CAA. WILL MAINTAIN MAINLY M/U60S WITH L70S SOUTHEAST WHERE THE DAY MAY START A LITTLE WARMER. ONLY TWEAK ON LOWS TONIGHT WAS TO LOWER NORTHWEST CWA TO BETTER MATCH GLD WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN CLOUDS AS WELL. FOR HIGHS FRIDAY AND LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT, STAYED CLOSE TO GOING GRIDS. DAYS 3-7... WITH ON GOING WEATHER AND KEEPING TABS ON POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS, HAVE NOT SPENT TOO MUCH TIME DWELLING ON THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THE LATEST GRIDS SEEM REASONABLE AND ARE WITHIN THRESHOLDS OF AGREEING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. TOOK A LOOK AT THE 19/00Z GFS, AND NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE 12Z RUN. THEREFORE, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. WILL RUN GRIDS OUT 12 HOURS FURTHER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 69 54 76 59 / 80 30 00 00 GCK 67 53 76 57 / 80 20 00 00 EHA 70 54 76 57 / 80 00 00 00 LBL 70 55 77 58 / 80 30 00 00 HYS 70 52 74 58 / 70 30 00 00 P28 74 59 76 60 / 80 40 00 00 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. && 15/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT- RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT) THU AUG 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of rain fell at a location 16 miles southeast of Meade causing Two Mile Creek to rise about its banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2004
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