An isolate thunderstorm produced marginally severe hail and wind gusts during the early morning hours.
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An isolate thunderstorm produced marginally severe hail and wind gusts during the early morning hours.
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 Aug 7, 2:03 PM CST, 11 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 303 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... PRIMARY CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND INTENSITY MAINLY TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. AS OF 1945 UTC...SURFACE LOW WAS CENTERED NEAR HUGOTON/LIBERAL AREA WITH CONVERGENT SURFACE WIND BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN DDC CWA. LAPS ANALYSIS 0-3KM AGL LAPSE RATES SUGGEST DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG AND SOUTH OF BOUNDARY WITH 8-9 C/KM. AM SEEING A FEW CUMULUS OUT THE WINDOW TO THE SOUTH AS WELL AS ON THE VISIBLE SAT LOOP. NEAR THE SURFACE LOW AND BOUNDARY...TSTM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE NM/CO BORDER NEAR THE RATON MESA AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY ENHANCE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THIS EVENING OVER THE WESTERN CWA. WILL GO WITH 30-40 POPS THIS EVENING...THEN AS MCS IS EXPECTED TO GROW...WILL GO WITH 40-50 POPS ALONG/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY FROM HAMILTON TO SCOTT TO LANE COUNTIES NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH ELLIS COUNTY. 500MB WINDS OF 20-25KTS WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST SOME STORM ORGANIZATION AND ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE REPORTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SHOULD SEE MCS CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES BY 0600 UTC...MAINLY NORTH OF OF A LAKIN TO DIGHTON TO LACROSSE LINE...WITH MCS WANING AND MOVING NORTHEAST OF CWA BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 0900 UTC WEDNESDAY. THIS SUBTROPICAL JETLET/VORT MAX WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL KANSAS WEDNESDAY WITH SURFACE CONVERGENCE AXIS EXTENDING ACROSS DDC CWA AGAIN...THUS REDEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCT STORMS IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WILL HANDLE WITH 20-25 POPS FOR NOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES...BUT THINK THE BEST AREA FOR ORGANIZED MCS WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS OR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...WELL AWAY FROM THE DDC CWA. STUBBORN SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PROBABLY LINGER OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA THURSDAY AND AS LONG AS THIS WEAK BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE...THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ISOLATED TSTMS WILL BE THERE. -UMSCHEID DAYS 3-7... THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK STILL LOOKS ON TRACK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. THE ONLY REAL QUESTION DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE HOW WARM WILL IT GET AND WHAT DAY WILL IT BE THE HOTTEST. WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PREVIOUS SHIFTS TREND AND WARM TEMPS A FEW DEGREES MORE SAT AND SUNDAY. UNTIL THEN IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEAR AN UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE BOUNDARY WHICH NOW IS PROGGED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS OUT SE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME OPTING TO WAIT ON LATER RUNS BEFORE INSERTING POPS BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT WE MAY SEE A FEW MORE CLOUDS IN THIS AREA WHICH WOULD HOLD TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES. WILL THEREFORE COOL TEMPS IN THIS AREA A FEW DEGREES ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON COMPARED TO DAYTIME HIGHS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION... ANOTHER DAY TO DEAL WITH WHERE OUR BOUNDARY WILL BE FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. PER 17Z SFC ANALYSIS AM LEANING TOWARDS THE NAM SOLUTION WITH OUR BOUNDARY BETWEEN KDDC/KGCK AND KHYS SINCE THE 12Z RUN DID A DECENT JOB AT 15Z. GIVEN THIS KHYS AND KGCK WILL HAVE THE BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME THUNDER NEAR OR OVER THE AIRPORT...DDC LESS OF A CHANCE. BASED ON PROGGED SOUNDINGS AROUND 00Z ALSO IT LOOKS LIKE ANY STORM WHICH DOES GET GOING WILL LIKE BE PRODUCING SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AS OF 18Z IT LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER CHANCE WILL BE AWAY FROM OUR TAF SITE WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF KHYS. WILL CONTINUE BE MONITORED THIS AND AMEND AS NEEDED. AFTERWORDS PCPN ENDS AND CIGS MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT AND OVERALL EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS ONCE PCPN CHANCES END. ONCE AGAIN HYS ARE WILL BE THE LAST TO SEE CLOUDS AND CHC OF PCPN TO END. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 74 100 73 101 / 30 20 20 10 GCK 71 99 68 100 / 30 20 20 10 EHA 68 98 70 101 / 30 20 20 10 LBL 72 101 71 102 / 30 20 20 10 HYS 75 97 73 101 / 40 20 20 10 P28 75 100 74 103 / 10 10 20 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN25/18/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 422 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081015- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 422 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007 /322 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT MAINLY TO THE WEST OF A LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY TO HAYS LINE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAME REGION WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER, COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY TO HAYS. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC EKB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT TUE AUG 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ASH VALLEY 38.29N 99.19W
08/07/2007 PAWNEE KS PUBLIC
2 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
JFINCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
913 PM CDT TUE AUG 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE ROZEL 38.22N 99.38W
08/07/2007 E60.00 MPH PAWNEE KS PUBLIC
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NE ROZEL 38.27N 99.31W
08/07/2007 PAWNEE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
2 INCH LIVE LIMBS DOWN
0725 PM TSTM WND GST 15 NE JETMORE 38.24N 99.70W
08/07/2007 E60.00 MPH HODGEMAN KS PUBLIC
0748 PM HAIL 7 S BAZINE 38.34N 99.69W
08/07/2007 E0.88 INCH NESS KS PUBLIC
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ASH VALLEY 38.29N 99.19W
08/07/2007 PAWNEE KS PUBLIC
2 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN
0812 PM HAIL 6 SW NESS CITY 38.39N 99.98W
08/07/2007 E1.50 INCH NESS KS PUBLIC
0812 PM HAIL 6 SW NESS CITY 38.39N 99.98W
08/07/2007 M1.50 INCH NESS KS PUBLIC
0820 PM HAIL 8 WNW NESS CITY 38.50N 100.04W
08/07/2007 E1.50 INCH NESS KS PUBLIC
0837 PM HAIL 8 NW NESS CITY 38.54N 100.01W
08/07/2007 E1.00 INCH NESS KS PUBLIC
&&
06The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:40 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two inch diameter tree limb was blown down. Pea size hail and 0.40 inches of rain also occurred.
Also estimated 60 mph wind at this location.
Also had 1 inch diameter hail along with the wind.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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