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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 28, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING APPROACHING H500 SHORTWAVE IN NORTHWEST FLOW DROPPING INTO MAIN TROUGH. IN ADDITION...DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARY EXISTS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA. THESE FEATURES COMBINED TO TRIGGER SHOWER/TSTM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON IN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ALONG LINE CENTERED FROM NEAR HERINGTON TOWARD SENECA. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND/AFTER SUNSET AND BECOME CLUSTERED INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE REMNANTS/OUTFLOWS FROM ACTIVITY ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON MAY INITIATE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. H500 TROF LINE SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY NOON...AND ONLY INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST EARLY. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...BUT WITH DECREASING CLOUDS EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS TO RECOVER INTO THE UPPER 80S AREAWIDE. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THERE CONTINUES TO BE SMALL PROBABILITIES FOR CONVECTION...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INSERT POPS AT THIS TIME. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OR WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER NEAR THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA STATE LINE MONDAY EVENING. THEN THE TROUGH SLIDES SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN KS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE PROGGED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A COUPLE STORMS DEVELOP GIVEN A SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO DYNAMICS...THINK ANYTHING WILL BE VERY ISOLATED AND DECIDED TO KEEP FORECAST AS IS AND LET LATER SHIFTS TAKE A LOOK. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A BIG CHANGE IN AIRMASSES SO LOWS SHOULD BE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS DAYS IN THE MID 60S. MODELS SHOW 850 TEMPS CREEPING UP SOME DURING THE DAY. WARMED TEMPS UP A COUPLE DEGREES TO AROUND 90 MOST AREAS. FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE TIMING OF A FRONT CONTINUES TO BE MAIN CONCERN. THE MODELS CONTINUED THEIR TREND OF SPEEDING THE FRONT UP. NOW THAT KATRINA IS ALSO SPEEDING UP AND EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE WITH MEAN TROUGHING ACROSS THE EAST COAST...HAVE ALSO BROUGHT THE FRONT THROUGH FASTER. THE NAM IS THE FASTEST WHILE THE GFS IS A LITTLE SLOWER. GIVEN THAT IT SHOULD BE A MODIFIED PACIFIC FRONT...LEANED A LITTLE TOWARDS THE SLOWER AND WEAKER GFS WITH THE FRONT...COMING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECIP CHANCES CONTINUE TO LOOK ANYTHING BUT OBVIOUS. THE MODELS ARE RATHER WEAK WITH THEIR QPF ALONG THE FRONT. HAVE CONTINUED WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAINLY BECAUSE THE BULK OF THE DYNAMICS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPS SHOULD BE COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT AND REFLECTED THIS IN THE FORECAST WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT MODELS SEEM TO BE GENERATING QPF BASED ON RELATIVELY SMALL SCALE FEATURES...AND THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE MODELS JUST YET. THURSDAY NIGHT...THE GFS IS VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH WARM AIR AND THETA-E ADVECTION RETURNING ACROSS CENTRAL KS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SURFACE RIDGE. INITIAL THOUGHT IS THIS MAY BE A LITTLE TO FAR EAST. ANOTHER ARE OF CONCERN IS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALL MODELS SHOW A SHORTWAVE GETTING PINCHED OFF ALONG THE WEST COAST WEDNESDAY. THEN MODELS SUGGEST AN EMBEDDED WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN THE SEMI-ZONAL FLOW WITH WAA INCREASING IN THE 850 MB FLOW. AFTER COLLABORATING DECIDED TO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS TIME AND REEVALUATE LATER MODEL RUNS. SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THERE SHOULD BE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL KS AS LEE TROUGH REDEVELOPS FOR THE WEEKEND. LOWS SHOULD REMAIN SEASONABLE IN THE LOWER AND MID 60S. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DR/WOLTERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 324 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-291015- 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 324 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED STORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG WINDS GREATER THAT 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE) WOLTERS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 525 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-290400- BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-JACKSON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY- WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA...HIAWATHA... MANHATTAN AND MARYSVILLE 525 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 753 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REPUBLIC WASHINGTON NEMAHA MARSHALL BROWN CLOUD JACKSON CLAY RILEY POTTAWATOMIE SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... MANHATTAN CLAY CENTER CONCORDIA MARYSVILLE HIAWATHA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Eastern portion of new Morrill Community Building's firetruck storage area collapsed.
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