1 high wind, 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 Jul 31, 2:12 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 312 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWING +30C 85H TEMPS AT KUNR AT 12Z JUST AHEAD OF OUR COLD FRONT WHICH STILL IS PROGGED TO CROSS SW KS LATE TUESDAY. BASED ON THIS WARM AIR JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT TUESDAY WILL TO BE THE WARMEST DAY THIS WEEK. ONLY REAL QUESTION WILL BE CLOUD COVER TUESDAY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW MEXICO WAVE. PER MODELS RH FIELDS APPEARS THE BETTER CLOUD COVER WILL BE IN OUR WEST SO +100 STILL LOOKS REASONABLE FOR OUR CNTL AND ERN CWA. ON WEDNESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW NAM12 ON FRONTAL POSITION WHICH IS PROGGED TO BE JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER OVER OK AND TX PANHANDLE AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. 85H TEMPS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LOW TO MID 90S BUT WITH CLOUDS LINGERING OVER THE AREA NORTH OF THE FRONT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY CUT THESE NUMBERS BACK INTO THE MID 80S IN THE NW TO LOWER 90S ACROSS THE SE. AS FOR PCPN WILL PRIMARILY BASE TONIGHTS AND TUESDAY NIGHTS POPS ON FRONTAL LOCATION AND PROGGED 85-7H MOISTURE. WED PCPN BASED ON MOISTURE NORTH OF FRONT IN CWA, UPSLOPE FLOW AND INSTAB. DAYS 3-7... AFTER PERUSING THE MODEL DATA TODAY, I FOUND LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE THE GOING FORECAST. ALL OF THE MODELS FORECAST THE FRONT TO LIE FROM THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ABUNDANT POST FRONTAL PRECIP. AS WAS DISCUSSED FROM PREVIOUS SHIFTS THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE SOUTHERN BRANCH JET WILL HELP TO PRODUCE LIFT NORTH OF THE FRONT. THE ONE CAVEAT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IF STORMS BECOME NUMEROUS TO OUR SOUTH IT COULD PUSH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH AND EFFECTIVELY CUT OFF THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT TO THE NORTH THEREBY LEAVING MOST OF WESTERN KS DRY. SO FAR THE MODELS EXCEPT THE WRF DO NOT DEVELOP MUCH AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHICH WOULD FAVOR PRECIP HERE. SO I BASICALLY LEFT THE HIGH CHC POPS WE HAD GOING UNCHANGED. THE IDEA OF GRADUALLY TAPERING POPS OFF AND KEEPING THEM IN THE SOUTH CLOSER TO THE FRONT ON THURSDAY SEEMS REASONABLE. AM NOT BUYING INTO THE PRECIP BULLSEYE ON THE GFS DUE TO ITS CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT HEIGHTS WILL AGAIN FALL ALONG THE WEST COAST AND HEIGHTS WILL RISE DOWNSTREAM OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS GOING TOWARD THE WEEKEND. WILL LEAVE THE DRY FORECAST ALONE FOR FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY. FOR TEMPS, HIGHS WILL START OFF IN THE 80S ON THURSDAY AND WILL RISE BACK INTO THE UPPER 90S BY THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 73 101 70 85 / 0 10 40 50 GCK 72 99 69 86 / 10 10 40 50 EHA 71 95 68 85 / 10 30 40 50 LBL 72 99 69 85 / 0 10 40 50 HYS 76 103 71 85 / 0 10 40 40 P28 76 105 77 94 / 0 0 20 50 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ030-KSZ031- KSZ043-KSZ044-KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066- KSZ075-KSZ076-KSZ077-KSZ078-KSZ079-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ085-KSZ086- KSZ087-KSZ088-KSZ089-KSZ090. && FN18/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1156 AM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-075>081-085>090-011000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HASKELL- HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT-RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD- STAFFORD-STEVENS-TREGO- 1156 AM CDT MON JUL 31 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. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KSZ061-074-084-011000- HAMILTON-MORTON-STANTON- 1156 AM CDT (1056 AM MDT) MON JUL 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF FAR WESTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LACY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large dust devil caused significant damage. Half the roof was blown off a 50 by 120 foot metal shed. The roof high and broke off two power poles. The debris was blown over 150 yards. The debris fell amongst kids toys...but no persons were outside at the time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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