2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 1:25 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 225 PM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON DEVELOPING ALONG TWO BOUNDARIES, ONE LOCATED ROUGHLY FROM MEADE TO DIGHTON AND THE SECOND ONE CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NE KS TOWARDS OUR NW CWA. W/V AND UPPER ANALYSIS SHOWING UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER MT AT 12Z WITH W/V LOOP SUGGESTING THAT MODELS DO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE WITH THIS WAVE AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE PLAINS PER 18Z LOOP. GIVEN THE INSTAB PER RUC THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE LIFT AHEAD OF THE UPPER WAVE LATER TONIGHT WOULD EXPECT PCPN ONLY TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNSET THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. H20 PLOTS SHOWING DDC AT 1.31 OR 128% SUPPORTING HEAVY RAIN AND GIVEN THE PERIOD OF RAIN THIS MORNING IN NRN ELLIS AND NRN TREGO COUNTY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING HERE. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER HAVE OPTED TO MENTION IN HWO AND NOT GO WITH A WATCH. CAPES AND 0-6KM SHEAR NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE TODAY BUT AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SHIFT AND SPC THAT SOME PULSE STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE MAIN HAZARD BEING HAIL ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. I305 DOWNGLIDE AND 7H RIDGING BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT SO WILL BE TAPERING PCPN OFF IN MY WEST BETWEEN 6-9Z BUT HOLD ON TO CHC POPS IN THE EAST UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY. MID LVL NW FLOW CONTINUES AS NEXT UPPER TROF DROPS SOUTH OUT OF CANADA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS SO EXPECTING LEE TROFING AND SFC WINDS RETURNING TO THE SE. AS NEXT UPPER TROF MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS AND SE FLOW BRINGING 60 DWPTS BACK NORTHWESTWARD AHEAD OF OUR NEXT FRONT SO SEE NO REASON NOT TO KEEP SMALL POPS THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL HOWEVER CONFINE POPS ALONG THE LEE TROF IN THE WEST AND WHERE THE BETTER LOW LEVEL FORCING APPEARS NEAR OUR NW CWA. GFS/ETA BOTH BRING UPPER TROF ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE FRIDAY AND GIVEN THE MOISTURE AND INSTAB WILL CONTINUE THE CHC POPS IN SW KS FRIDAY AS WELL. AS FOR TEMPS...SINCE FAVORING AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AND GIVEN WHAT THE SUN DID TODAY FOR TEMPS WILL LEAN TOWARDS MIXING UP TO AROUND 8H LVL WHICH ETA/MESOETA YIELDING HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 80S ON THURSDAY AND MID 80S ON FRIDAY. ONLY CONCERN HERE WILL BE IN THE NORTH SO WILL KEEP CURRENT GRID TREND AND GO COOLER HERE THAN ELSEWHERE. DAYS 3-7... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE PERIOD. THE WEEKEND SHOULD START OUT SOMEWHAT WET AS THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE PLAINS AND LEAVES THE AREA IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SHIFT THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR AN MCS TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT, SO LEFT THE CHANCE POPS IN. THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY, WITH THE GFS BRINGING A DECENT VORT MAX THROUGH AND SETTING OFF MORE PRECIP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MODELS PROBABLY CANT HANDLE THE SPECIFICS OF THIS, BUT WITH THE FLOW ALOFT, CANT RULE OUT SOMETHING COMING DOWN SO LEFT THE 20-30 POPS IN WITH SOME COSMETIC TWEAKS. BY SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, ALL OPERATIONAL MODELS AND THE ENSEMBLES AGREE ON BUILDING A RIDGE BACK INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS. WITH WARMING 700MB TEMPS AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SHORTWAVES COMING THROUGH, THINK THAT PRECIP WILL HAVE A HARD TIME DEVELOPING. THUS, LEFT SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DRY FOR THE TIME BEING. WITH 850MB TEMPS RETURNING TO THE 20S AND NEARLY 30 C, CONTINUED THE WARMING TREND WE HAVE GOING, ALTHOUGH WITH ALL THE MOISTURE THE AREA HAS GOTTEN LATELY IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO REACH FULL WARMING POTENTIAL. ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THE ECMWF STARTS TO BRING A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE DOWN INTO NORTHERN CANADA, WHICH COULD HELP BRING A SFC BOUNDARY THROUGH BY MID-WEEK. HOWEVER, NEITHER THE OTHER MODELS NOR THE CANADIAN OR CDC ENSEMBLES SHOW ANY SIGNS OF THIS FEATURE, SO WILL LEAVE THE WARM AND DRY TREND FOR NOW AND RE-EVALUATE TOMORROW. MADE SOME COSMETIC CHANGES ELSEWHERE IN THE EXTENDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 61 82 65 85 / 40 10 10 30 GCK 61 82 64 85 / 30 00 20 30 EHA 58 80 63 88 / 30 10 20 30 LBL 60 81 64 88 / 40 20 10 30 HYS 61 83 65 82 / 40 20 20 40 P28 65 81 66 86 / 60 40 00 20 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. && 18/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 935 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 KSZ043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT- RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS- 935 AM CDT (835 AM MDT) WED JUL 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE BRIEFLY SEVERE WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-291000- ELLIS-TREGO- 935 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLIER TODAY AND THEN AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT MAY ALSO BE BRIEFLY SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD BEING PENNY SIZE HAIL. STEADY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL TAPER OFF BY NOON BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING AROUND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL. THIS COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 18
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was reported on 3rd avenue and Avenue P near storm drains
Nine power poles were broken
Three to four inches or rain fell in a short period of time. Basements were flooded and several sewer ponds overflowed in Satanta, Sublette and Copeland
The Saline River went over it's banks east of highway 183 about 14 miles north-northeast of Hays
The wind was recorded on KSN/AWS weather lab equipment
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, July 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: 5416860, 5416861, 5416862, 5416863, 5416864.