4 heavy rain, 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 Sep 7, 2:20 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... RADAR LOOPS SHOW AN MCS SLOWLY WORKING ITS WAY SOUTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS COMPLEX APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED AN MCV WHICH IS TRACKING EAST ALONG THE OK BORDER. CURRENT EXTRAPOLATION WOULD HAVE IT OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA AROUND 12Z. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS CLOUD TOPS WARMING BUT THINK THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING PRECIP IN THE SOUTHEAST AND HAVE UPDATED POPS TO REFLECT THIS. ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE IN EASTERN COLORADO SUSTAINING SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL KEEP SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA DURING THE MORNING HOURS FOR THIS AS WELL. NAM AND GFS SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STARTING TO BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL JET AXIS BEGINS TO SHIFT NORTH. AXIS OF GREATEST INSTABILITY ALONG THE LEE SIDE TROUGH CONTINUING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS BUT IS FORECAST TO BE FARTHER NORTH THAN PAST FEW DAYS. WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A REPEAT OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL QPF SIGNALS ARE NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY AND WITH STRONGER MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW SHIFTING NORTH, THINK THIS IS REASONABLE. HAVE BASICALLY KEPT THE POPS FROM THE PREVIOUS SHIFT INTACT EXCEPT FOR BRINGING SLIGHT CHC POPS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THURSDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND AS THICKNESS VALUES INCREASE, SHOULD SEE DAYTIME HIGHS ONCE AGAIN UP AROUND THE 90 DEGREE MARK. DAYS 3-7... MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE ON A DEEPENING TROUGH IN THE WESTERN CONUS WITH AN AMPLIFYING RIDGE DOWNSTREAM OVER THE SOUTHEAST US. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE MINIMAL THRU THE PERIOD AND HIGHS WILL BE PRIMARILY NEAR OR ABOVE 90. MODELS, NAMELY THE ECMWF AND GFS, TRY TO BRING THE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT FARTHER EAST INTO THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY. AM NOT CONFIDENT IN THIS TIMING SINCE THE MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY SLOWING THIS DOWN FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. WILL SHOW SOME COOLING BY DAY 8 AND INSERT SOME SILENT POPS FOR NOW TO COVER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 85 65 90 64 / 20 20 0 10 GCK 86 64 90 62 / 20 20 0 10 EHA 80 63 88 62 / 20 10 0 10 LBL 84 65 88 62 / 20 0 0 10 HYS 85 65 92 64 / 20 30 0 10 P28 88 66 91 66 / 30 0 0 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && GERARD/LACY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081000- 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- 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT) WED SEP 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GERARD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
This 7.50 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours with the majority falling in 3 hours.
Most of the 5.00 inches fell in a 3 hour period.
Most of the 4.25 inches of rain fell in a 3 hour period during the evening of 9/6/05.
Most of the 4.30 inches of rain fell in a 3 hour period during the evening of 9/6/05.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2005
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: 5474657, 5474658, 5474659, 5474660.