1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 1:40 PM CST, 9 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 240 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MCV APPCHG WRN PTN OF CWA THIS AFTN HAS ATTENDANT SHOWERS. NONE OF MODELS HANDLING THIS WELL...HOWEVER, RUC HAS TREND CORRECT IF SOMEWHAT FAST. BECAUSE OF THIS, AND GIVEN ONGOING PCPN UPSTREAM, HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE SOME LOWER END POPS AT LEAST THIS EVENING OVER ALL THE CWA. IF TREND OF RUC CONTINUES, THIS MCV SHOULD MOVE EAST OF AREA BY LATE EVENING AND ONLY LINGERING CHANCE WILL BE AS EARLIER DEPICTED ALONG SRN CWA CLOSER TO BAROCLINIC ZONE. APPEARS THIS ZONE WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME IF MODELS ARE CORRECT...AND CHCS FOR PCPN END BY MRNG. STILL HAVE A CONCERN FOR LOTS OF HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE AREA IN SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME. THE TRAJECTORY FOR THIS PLUME APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR THE HIGH CLOUDS INTO SUNDAY. THUS, CONDITIONS FOR FOG TONIGHT MAY BE A FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH HIGH CLOUDINESS FORMS/PERSISTS OVER THE AREA. OTHER FCST CONDITIONS APPEAR IDEAL FOR SOME DENSE FOG WITH RECENT RAINS OCCURRING AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT. THE BNDRY LYR DOES APPEAR RATHER MOIST INITIALLY AND WHETHER THIS CAN BE MODIFIED DOWN A BIT OVRNGT PER FCST TO IMPROVE FOG CHANCES REMAINS TO BE SEEN. IN ANY CASE, WONT TOUCH CURRENT GRID DEPICTION OF FOG FCST MAINLY ALONG/NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE. WITH AFOREMENTIONED CONCERNS INTO TMRW, WILL SHOW LITTLE CHANGE TO ONGOING FORECAST. EVEN THOUGH BAROCLINIC ZONE MAY BE WEAKENING, IT IS STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE OF CONCERN FOR CLOUDS AND PSBL LIGHT PCPN SRN HALF OF CWA. FOR NOW, WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT DRY FCST. TEMPS ONLY SLGTLY ADJUSTED. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... THE EARLY WEEK PERIODS LOOK BENIGN AS HEIGHTS RISE TO THE WEST BEHIND A SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN CANADA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE LOW LEVELS WITH VERY LIGHT WINDS. MAIN CONCERN FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IS FOG. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING OVERHEAD SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...POSSIBLY ENHANCED BY THE JET MAX TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST...AND WITH ANOTHER DAY OF SURFACE DRYING...EXPECT FOG TO BE ONLY PATCHY AT THE MOST AT THIS TIME. SOME DIFFERENCES EXIST ON THE DEPTH...STRENGTH...AND PERSISTENCE OF FRONTAL INVERSION...BUT A SLOW WARMING TREND IS STILL EXPECTED AND ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE FORECASTS. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS OVER THE PAST FEW RUNS AND RECENT DAY 5 SKILL SCORES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY HIGH. UPPER RIDGING OVER THE ROCKIES TO BE BROKEN DOWN BY A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE TROFS...ONE THAT WILL STAY TO THE NORTH THURSDAY AND A LONGER WAVELENGTH TROF COMES IN BEHIND LATE FRIDAY. THIS SECOND WAVE WILL LIKELY BRING A COLD FRONT INTO THE PLAINS AND PROVIDE SOME CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. BEFORE THEN...A RATHER NONDESCRIPT PATTERN SHOULD KEEP SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN CHECK WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SOMEWHAT ABOVE NORMAL. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 319 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-202030- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 319 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:09 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A local newspaper reported that lightning struck a home, damaging the roof, eaves, and contents of the attic.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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