Wind gusts were 58 mph at the Rolla grade school (KSN-TV wx lab), 61 mph at the Johnson City middle school at 1120 CST, 58 mph at the Liberal airport at 1155 and 59 mph at 1215 CST, and 59 mph at the Medicine Lodge airport at 1354 CST.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
Wind gusts were 58 mph at the Rolla grade school (KSN-TV wx lab), 61 mph at the Johnson City middle school at 1120 CST, 58 mph at the Liberal airport at 1155 and 59 mph at 1215 CST, and 59 mph at the Medicine Lodge airport at 1354 CST.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 3:00 AM CST, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 300 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE 00Z UA DATA PROVIDED NO SURPRISES. THUS, NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. UPPER SYSTEM OVER SE NV WILL RAPIDLY EJECT INTO THE PLAINS TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL WY INTO WESTERN NM AT 00Z AND THIS FRONT WILL RAPIDLY PROGRESS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS MORNING. THIS AIRMASS WILL OF COURSE MODIFY ON ITS JOURNEY DOWNSLOPE. MAXES TODAY WILL BE THE WARMEST IN THE SE AND COLDEST NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE FROM DDC EASTWARD AS 700MB COOLING REACHES THE DEEP MOISTURE AND ERODES THE CAPPING INVERSION. THE NAM IS SLOWER TO BREAK OUT STORMS AND FURTHER EAST COMPARED TO THE RUC AND GFS. STORMS WILL PROBABLY FIRE ABOUT 15Z OR 16Z AROUND DODGE AND THEN PROGRESS NE. SOME OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE. AS IS TYPICAL WITH INTENSE AND PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS, THE SFC WINDS WILL BE MUCH STRONGER THAN THE NAM SUGGESTS. THE RUC HAS UP TO 35 KT SFC WINDS NEAR DODGE. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NW PART OF THE FCST AREA. FINCH DAYS 3-7... THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITH RESPECT TO THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CONUS. LATER IN THE WEEK, THE MODELS DIVERGE A BIT ON THE TIMING AND DETAILS OF THE MIDWEEK SYSTEM ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR TO BE TRENDING TOWARD A MORE SOUTHWARD TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS ADVERTISED BY THE GFS. THE GFS IS SHOWING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL RH OVER WESTERN KANSAS ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH WEAK LIFT OVER THE REGION DURING THE DAY, COULD BE SOME PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE BEFORE MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP CHANCES DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE MAIN WAVE APPROACHES. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE THE EXTENDED GRIDS AS IS WITH ONLY SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. 02 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 71 37 71 42 / 30 0 0 0 GCK 64 34 68 40 / 20 0 0 0 EHA 67 37 70 41 / 20 0 0 0 LBL 71 36 71 42 / 10 0 0 0 HYS 73 38 68 40 / 30 0 0 0 P28 76 41 73 44 / 60 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ030-KSZ031-KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066- KSZ074-KSZ075-KSZ076-KSZ077-KSZ078-KSZ079-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ084- KSZ085-KSZ086-KSZ087-KSZ088-KSZ089-KSZ090. FN24/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-311100- GRANT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-MORTON-STANTON-STEVENS- 400 AM CST (300 AM MST) THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST TODAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH, AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 30 PERCENT AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN VEGETATION. ANY FIRES WHICH START WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-301100- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRAY-HASKELL- HODGEMAN-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT-RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD- STAFFORD-TREGO- 823 PM CST WED MAR 29 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BY EARLY AFTERNOON THE STORMS WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO PRATT. EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST TODAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE MORNING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 30 PERCENT AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN VEGETATION. ANY FIRES WHICH START WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 2 PM. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust was reported at the Rolla grade school on a KSN-tv weather lab.
The wind gust was reported at the Johnson middle school by a KSN-TV weather lab.
The wind gust was reported at the Liberal airport.
The wind gust was reported at the Liberal airport.
The wind gust was reported at the Medicine Lodge airport.
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