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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 27, 2:07 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 307 PM CDT THU APR 27 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... MAIN ITEM OF INTEREST THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANT RAIN POSSIBILITIES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. A SLIGHT SVR WX THREAT WILL EXIST LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WRN KANSAS WITH THE INITIAL FRONT MOVING THROUGH. MID-AFTERNOON ANALYSIS SHOWS LEE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO NORTH NORTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. COLD FRONTOGENESIS IS OCCURRING IN NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AS NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM...LARGE UPPER LOW WAS PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS IMPINGING ON CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS HAS ALLOWED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO SIPHON NORTHWARD THROUGH WEST TEXAS. MONITORING SFC OBS...CLOVIS NM DEWPOINT HAS RISEN INTO THE LOW-MID 50S WITH A SOUTHEASTERLY WIND. HIGH BASED STORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THE EASTERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF RATON. OTHER HIGH BASED CUMULUS WERE DEVELOPING AS OF 1930Z BETWEEN LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD CO. THE THINKING IS THESE HIGH BASED STORMS WILL MAINLY BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE CWA. TONIGHT...THE NORTHERN STREAM FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING...REACHING FAR NORTHWEST KANSAS BY AROUND 03Z. LOW LEVEL JET WILL STRENGTHEN TO 180/40KT WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANT ENHANCE CONVERGENCE ON THE FRONT. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP NORTH OF THE CWA NEAR THE NEBRASKA STATE LINE AFTER 03Z...DEVELOPING/MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE NIGHT. A MAJORITY OF THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF I-70 THROUGH ABOUT 09Z. NAM 850MB PARCEL CAPE OF 1300-1600 J/KG WOULD SUPPORT SOME SVR REPORTS GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE FGEN FORCING INVOLVED AS WELL AS ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER SHEAR. STORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING THROUGH 12Z ALONG ROUGHLY THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. TOMORROW...AFTER 12Z THE TIMING OF THE FRONT IS IN QUESTION WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM AND SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM BEGINNING TO PHASE TOGETHER. THE SPEED OF THE FRONT MAY INDEED SLOW TO A CRAWL GIVEN THE UPPER AIR CONFIGURATION OF THESE PHASING SYSTEMS JUST TO THE WEST. WITH ALL SORTS OF INTERACTION FEEDING UP AND DOWN SPATIAL/TEMPORAL SCALES OF THE ATMOSPHERE WITH CONVECTION INVOLVED...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY THE LEAST...TO PINPOINT WHERE/WHEN THE MOST PRECIP WILL FALL. WHILE THE SFC/850MB FRONT WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY INTO NORTHWEST OK DURING THE DAY...THE H8/7 FRONTOGENESIS FORCING WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. QUESTION IS HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR IN THIS AREA WITH THE BULK OF THE INSTABILITY AND ONGOING NEAR-SFC BASED STORMS TO THE SOUTH IN THE EASTERN TX PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. WILL CONTINUE THE 70-85 POPS FOR MUCH OF THE CWA TOMORROW WITH PERHAPS WIDESPREAD 0.50 TO 1 INCH PLUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY. TOMORROW NIGHT-SAT...MAIN POLAR FRONT IN THE LOW LEVELS CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH THE ONLY FORCING FOR PCPN BEING INDUCED BY DYNAMIC LIFT PROCESSES JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE MID LEVEL CYCLONE. BY 12Z SAT...THE GFS AND NEW 12Z RUN OF THE ECWMF HAVE H5 LOW/VORT MAX OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH A HEALTHY LOOKING H7 LOW NEAR WICHITA. SOME WRAP-AROUND PCPN SHOULD LINGER OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE SLOW MOVING UPPER SYSTEM. THE LAST OF PCPN SHOULD BEGIN EXITING THE CWA BY LATE IN TH DAY SATURDAY...BUT THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF THE UPPER LOW SLOWS DOWN EVEN FURTHER. UMSCHEID DAYS 3-7... THE LATEST RUNS OF THE MEDIUM AND EXTENDED RANGE MODELS ARE ALL NOW AGREEING THE BAJA LOW AND DEVELOPING MIDWEST LOW EVENTUALLY MERGE DURING THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME. IT IS JUST THE TIMING OF THIS EVENT...THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT AND THE STRENGTH OF THE RESULTING MERGED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN QUESTION(S). FOR NOW...WILL LEAVE MOST OF THE EXTENDED AS IT WAS. HOWEVER...HAVE PUT A FEW LOW 10-14 POPS (SILENT) IN THE EASTERN CWA FOR SUNDAY AS THE WRAP AROUND FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED MERGED UPPER LOW COULD LINGER A LITTLE LONGER IN THE MY EASTERN CWA. FIGURE THAT IF 2 LARGE SCALE UPPER SYSTEM MERGE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...THE SPEED AT WHICH THIS NEW SYSTEM EXITS OUR AREA WILL BE SLOW. ANOTHER UPPER LOW CROSSES THE NORTHERN TIER STATES FROM APPROXIMATELY TUE-THU TIME FRAME MAY BRING A FRONT DOWN. KEPT 20 POPS IN FOR WEDNESDAY 5/3 AND EXTENDED 10 POPS FOR ISOLATED TRW- INTO THURSDAY 5/4. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO...WARMING TREND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SYSTEM THEN COOLING DOWN AS THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSES THROUGH. THE WARMEST DAY APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S NE TO THE MID 80S SW. AFTER THE THURSDAY TIME PERIOD...FLOW ALOFT LOOKS TO BE ZONAL WITH A SLIGHT DOWNSLOPE SETTING UP IN THE LOWER LAYERS. WILL GO WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIP FOR THE 8 TO 10 DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 53 62 45 64 / 60 80 70 40 GCK 50 61 43 65 / 70 80 70 20 EHA 52 58 42 70 / 50 80 80 20 LBL 52 59 44 67 / 50 90 80 30 HYS 51 65 44 60 / 70 80 70 50 P28 56 65 50 64 / 40 90 80 60 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN25/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT THU APR 27 2006 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-281000- 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) THU APR 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES, FIRE DANGER WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY TODAY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AHEAD OF AND ALONG A COLD FRONT. THE STORMS SHOULD START IN THE SYRACUSE...SCOTT CITY...AND ELKHART AREAS AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG AT TIMES...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT INTO THE PLAINS. AT THIS POINT THE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 26
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 726 PM CDT THU APR 27 2006 KSZ063-280115- FINNEY- 726 PM CDT THU APR 27 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FINNEY COUNTY... AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLCOMB...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3810 10109 3789 10108 3786 10067 3815 10065 GERARD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 813 PM CDT THU APR 27 2006 KSZ063-280200- FINNEY- 813 PM CDT THU APR 27 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FINNEY COUNTY... AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3820 10085 3798 10083 3803 10031 3825 10031 GERARD
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage was done to an irrigation sprinkler. A horse barn was lifted and blown over 25 foot high power line.
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