1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 20, 2:04 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 304 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED TO NEAR THE KS/OK BORDER. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FEATURE, BEING AIDED BY A MODEST LOW-LEVEL JET FEEDING INTO THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF JET STREAK. DUE TO YESTERDAY EVENINGS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, FRONT HAS PUSHED A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED, THUS HAVE TRIMMED POPS BACK A BIT FOR TODAY. FRONT SHOULD BECOME MORE DIFFUSE TODAY AS IT MOVES SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA, BUT 850-700MB BAROCLINIC ZONE AND RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF JET STREAK WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA. FOR THIS REASON KEPT CHANCE POPS FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. MAY SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS OVER FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY IF THEY SEE SOME SUN. PUSH OF MODIFIED CANADIAN AIR WILL ARRIVE BY SUNDAY, AS POLAR HIGH PRESSURE NOSES SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS, ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS TO FALL A FEW DEGREES FROM SATURDAY. REMOVED POPS FOR SUNDAY, AS ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN KANSAS WHERE BEST LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL BE. ETA IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE (FARTHER SOUTH) WITH POLAR HIGH, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PLAINS. HOWEVER, THE ETA IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE GFS, UKMET OR ECMWF. CONSEQUENTLY, WARMED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST, BUT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 80S MOST AREAS. TRICKY POP/WX FORECAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DUE TO THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY RIDING OVER THE FORECAST AREA, CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE GREAT BASIN. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO BE RETURNING NORTHWARD, AIDING IN LIFT/INSTABILITY. SHORTWAVE ENERGY IS PRETTY DIFFUSE AND NOT SUPPORTED BY ALL THE MODELS, AND LOW-LEVEL JET APPEARS WEAK, SO ONLY MENTIONED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE AREA FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIOD WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED THOUGH. HEAT AND HUMIDITY SHOULD RETURN BY WEDNESDAY, AS DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW COMMENCES IN RESPONSE TO LONG WAVE TROUGHING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. WITH LATEST RUNS OF GFS AND ECMWF, APPEARS COLD FRONT MAY NOT APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK OR EVEN THE WEEKEND, EFFECTIVELY LEAVING THE FORECAST AREA HOT/HUMID AND BREEZY. HOWEVER, WILL WAIT FOR BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 90 68 89 65 / 30 30 10 20 HUTCHINSON 88 66 88 65 / 30 20 10 20 NEWTON 89 66 88 64 / 30 20 10 20 ELDORADO 89 67 88 64 / 40 20 10 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 91 69 89 66 / 40 30 10 20 RUSSELL 86 64 88 64 / 20 20 10 20 GREAT BEND 87 65 88 64 / 20 20 10 20 SALINA 86 64 88 63 / 20 20 10 10 MCPHERSON 88 65 88 64 / 30 20 10 20 COFFEYVILLE 91 69 89 65 / 50 30 10 20 CHANUTE 90 68 88 64 / 50 20 10 20 IOLA 90 67 88 63 / 40 20 10 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && KETCHAM/KLEINSASSER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 825 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 825 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OVERNIGHT, AND SHOULD OVERSPREAD ALL OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A STORM OR TWO COULD STILL BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAIN DURING THE PAST WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, THE BEST CHANCES OCCURRING ON SATURDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED BY NEXT THURSDAY, THOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON THE TYPE OR MAGNITUDE OF ANY SEVERE RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM KLEINSASSER/HOWERTON/COX
The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:45 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Front office, restaurant, and scale area of the Fredonia Sales Barn destroyed. (Narrative courtesy of the Wilson County Citizen.)
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