Light winds and high humidity brought dense fog to Dickinson county.
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Light winds and high humidity brought dense fog to Dickinson county.
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 2:50 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS MORNING WITH MINOR H5 TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE PROFILER NETWORK WINDS AT 500 MB. A COMBINATION OF LOW CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS HAVE LIFTED NORTH WITH AN AREA OF CLEAR SKIES NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER SOUTHWEST TOWARD KMHK. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CWA THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN THE KAW RIVER VALLEY. CLEAR SKIES NEAR KMHK HAVE SENT TEMPS DOWN INTO THE MID 30S WITH AREAS IN THE CLOUDS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE NAM SUGGEST THAT THE LOW CLOUDS WILL GO AWAY BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE CWA. SHOULD MIX DOWN TODAY FROM 875 MB GIVING HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. ON TUESDAY SHOULD MIX A LITTLE HIGHER TO 850 MB WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SLOWER TO MOVE INTO KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY BUT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE CWA IN THE AFTERNOON. CAP SHOULD WEAKEN DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. MUCAPES AROUND 500 TO 800 J/KG WITH TT AROUND 52. CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT IS WEAK BUT AS UPPER LOW OVER TEXAS MOVES EAST AND OPENS UP ON WEDNESDAY MOISTURE IS PULLED NORTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS INCREASING TO AROUND 55. WILL GO WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SENECA SOUTHWEST THROUGH COUNCIL GROVE. WITH THE SLOW PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY AND ANY ASSOCIATED COOLING HOLDING OFF WILL INCREASE HIGHS INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S. NO CHANGE TO THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED LOW POPS WITH UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NO CHANGE TO REST OF THE EXTENDED. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1249 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2007 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-121800- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1249 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. WOLTERS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense fog formed over Dickinson county reducing visibilities to less than a quarter mile. An auto accident in the dense fog produced an indirect injury near Abilene.
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