1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 29, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 3 PM SUN FEB 29 2004 .DISCUSSION... LATEST SATELLITE SHOWING STRONG NEGATIVE TILT SHORTWAVE ROTATING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN OK/SOUTHERN KS PROGGED TO LIFT ACROSS THE CWA BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTCENTRAL KANSAS AND INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA MONDAY MORNING. CURRENT LARGE SHIELD OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA SHOULD DECREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING AS DRY SLOT NOSES NORTHWARD. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIP WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE CWA BY LATER THIS EVENING...A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OK MAY ALSO DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTHEAST WITH THE COLD POOL INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...THEN THE THREAT FOR WRAPAROUND SHOWERS MOVES BACK ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AREAS OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT AS UPPER LOW LIFTS TO THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES APPEAR TOO WARM FOR SNOW...MID LEVEL THICKNESS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WITH LOWS LATER IN THE NIGHT IN THE 30S...CANT RULE OUT SOME SNOW MAKING IT THE GROUND WITH ANY PRECIP THAT WOULD WRAP INTO THE AREA. WILL KEEP WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH GOING IN STRONG GRADIENT. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE CWA ON MONDAY...STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE A RAIN/SNOW MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH IN THE MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE AS FAR SOUTH AS I-70...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN LINGERING OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP HIGHS A LITTLE BELOW GUIDANCE DUE TO EXPECTED LOW CLOUDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW. WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN IN THE 30-40 MPH RANGE MOST AREAS. PRECIP THREAT ENDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA BY MONDAY EVENING AS UPPER LOW PULLS AWAY...ALTHOUGH CLOUDS WILL BE SLOW TO GIVE WAY INTO TUESDAY. NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG INTO THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND BEGINS TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN. APPEARS THICKNESSES COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA ONLY BY THAT TIME WITH WAA THEN UNDERWAY THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE COLD AIR MOVES BACK IN BY THURSDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE DAY. WILL THEREFORE KEEP PRECIP AS RAIN ACROSS THE CWA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR A MIXTURE OF RAIN OR SNOW NORTHWEST HALF WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS CAA WITHIN AREA OF HEIGHTS FALLS FROM ADVANCING TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. FOR NOW...EXPECT PRECIP TO END BY THURSDAY EVENING...THEN DRY ON INTO THE WEEKEND AS CENTRAL ROCKIES SHORTWAVE ON FRIDAY EXPECTED TO STAY MAINLY SOUTH OF THE CWA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S BY THE WEEKEND. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 343 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-011100- ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA- POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN... MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 343 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SOME SNOW MAY FALL OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...FROM ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS AROUND MIDWEEK. HOWEVER, IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY JUST HOW MUCH SNOW THIS NEXT SYSTEM MAY BRING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds damaged 3 homes and 2 outbuildings.
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