7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 3, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 200 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGES TONIGHT ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS, THEN HIGH TEMPS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH COLD FRONT. UPPER AIR CHARTS SHOW A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS HAS FORCED A WEAK CONVERGENT LINE INTO WESTERN KANSAS. WITH LITTLE CIN AND CONTINUED HEATING THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THIS CONVERGENT LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. CAPES WILL RUN AROUND 1500 TO 2000 J/KG BUT WITH WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR ONLY EXPECT A FEW PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST SOUNDING INDICATES AN INVERTED V TYPE SOUNDING SO A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE COLD FRONT THEN MOVES INTO THE AREA AND THROUGH MEDICINE LODGE BY 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN STRONG COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES INTO THE DAY. FORECAST TEMPS AROUND THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 LOOK REASONABLE. THIS IS BELOW CURRENT FWC AND MET GUIDANCE. THEN AS STRONG SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO KANSAS ON THURSDAY COOLER TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL UNDERCUT WARMER AIR ALOFT AND PREVENT ANY CONVECTION FROM FORMING. HIGHS ON THURSDAY LOOK TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND THIS IS CLOSER TO COOLER ETA MET GUIDANCE. THE NGM DOES NOT SEEM LIKE IT HAS AS GOOD OF A HANDLE ON THE LOW LEVEL COOL AIR AS DOES THE HIGHER RESOLUTION ETA MODEL. DAYS 3-7... POS ANOMALIES NOTED OVER THE WEST COAST PER 5H/2H HT ANOMALIES AT CPC WEB SITE AND CONVECTION AROUND 120E SUGGESTING RETROGRESSION PATTERN DEVELOPING LATE IN THE PERIOD. ALL MODELS TODAY ARE STARTING TO CONVERGE ON THIS WITH 5H RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WEST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRENGTH AND LOCATION STILL UNCERTAIN BUT AFTER A WARMUP OVER THE WEEKEND AHEAD OF ONE PACIFIC SYSTEM WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS (ALL MODELS WERE PICKING UP FAIRLY WELL) WILL GO WITH TEMPS BELOW CLIMO AND TRENDING BELOW THE CURRENT MEX NUMBERS. NW FLOW REGIME PRESENT AS WELL EARLY NEXT WEEK SO INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE TO GO WITH POPS OVER ENTIRE CWA OVER THE WEEKEND ASSOCIATED WITH ONE UPPER WAVE AND KEEP LOW POPS OVER THE WEST EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 68 90 64 84 / 20 00 00 00 GCK 67 88 64 84 / 20 00 00 00 EHA 66 90 64 86 / 20 00 00 00 LBL 67 92 65 86 / 20 00 00 00 HYS 67 87 62 83 / 30 00 00 00 P28 72 94 66 85 / 20 00 00 00 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. && 06/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1109 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-041000- 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- 1109 AM CDT (1009 AM MDT) TUE AUG 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THIS AREA IS ALONG A CONVERGENCE LINE FROM NEAR LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY, DODGE CITY, JETMORE, NESS CITY, AND HAYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN SPREADING EAST TONIGHT. HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS BUT THE GREATEST HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 06
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown of a barn by the high wind and 10 power poles were blown down blocking the road.
A semi was blown off the road by the high wind.
Numerous power poles and trees were blown down. In addition, a barn was destroyed.
Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
High wind did quite a bit of structural damage in Protection. Heavy damage was done to several buildings taking off a roof and siding. Several large trees were blown down with numerous big limbs. North of town 14 power poles were taken down by the high wind.
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
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5418897, 5418898, 5418899, 5418900, 5418901, 5418902, 5418903, 5418905, 5418904.