High based showers with a few lightning strikes produced a gust front of high wind during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
High based showers with a few lightning strikes produced a gust front of high wind during the afternoon.
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 Apr 26, 2:32 AM CST, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 332 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL DROP SSE INTO WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. A BAND OF FAIRLY STRONG LIFT WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BY 18Z. STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND MARGINAL MOISTURE RETURN, ALONG WITH -3C 700MB TEMPS AND -22C 500MB TEMPS WILL LEAD TO RAPID DESTABLIZATION BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AREAL COVERAGE OF STORM ACTIVITY IS NOT CLEAR. AREAS ALONG AND SE OF A LINE FROM ASH VALLEY TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS SINCE SURFACE BASED CAPES COULD EXCEED 500 J/KG AND SINCE WET BULB ZEROS WILL BE SO LOW. THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE FAIRLY WINDY BEHIND THE FRONT FOR A FEW HOURS, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR AN ADVISORY. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE SLPS START OUT SO HIGH AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE COOLEST READINGS WILL BE IN THE FAR W/NW TONIGHT CLOSER TO THE SURFACE HIGH. SOME UPPER 20S ARE POSSIBLE THERE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AS FAR EAST AS DODGE CITY, ESPECIALLY IF THE WINDS DROP OFF. SUNDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. DAYS 3-7... 85H PROGGED TEMPS AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE WARM TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY IN THE GRIDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LATEST RUN...ESPECIALLY THE ECMWF SUPPORTS AFTERNOON TEMPS EVEN WARMER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 00Z MEX ALSO TRENDING GUIDANCE TEMPS UP AS WELL SO WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS TREND ON TEMPS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT NOT GO AS WARM AS WHAT THE ECMWF 85H TEMPS SUGGEST. COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CANADIAN/ECMWF/GFS ARE NOW ALL TRENDING TOWARDS THE SAME SOLUTION FOR LATE WEEK ALTHOUGH TIMING STILL OFF BY 12 OR SO HOURS. THIS WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY BECAUSE IF THE FRONT REMAINS NORTH OF THE AREA THEN AFTERNOON TEMPS COULD EASILY CLIMB BACK INTO THE 70S...POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW 80S WHILE IF THE FRONT SURGES SOUTH TEMPS LIKELY TO BE SOME 15 TO 25F COOLER. AT THIS TIME DO NOT HAVE A GOOD HANDLE WITH TIMING OF FRONT AND CAA BEHIND THIS FRONT SO AM CURRENTLY LEANING TOWARD KEEPING GRIDS AS IS FOR NOW BUT WILL BE VERY FLEXIBLE WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES IF THEY WISH TO LOWER TEMPS IN OUR N/NW. AS FOR MINS LATE WEEK DID LOWER TEMPS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AS WINDS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTER THAN THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CLEARING SKIES. GIVEN THIS IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW LOWS WILL BE AS WARM AS LOWS AHEAD OF THE FRONT MID WEEK. .AVIATION... ANTICIPATING VRF CONDITIONS TODAY. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF MID LVL MOISTURE LATE TODAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE A CIG IN THE 9-12KFT AFTER 21Z. THE MAIN ITEM OF INTEREST THIS MORNING WILL BE A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL BE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA LATER TODAY. BASED ON 00Z RUNS APPEARS GFS AND NAM ARE CLOSE ON TIMING SO INITIAL PLAN IS TO FOLLOW THE BLEND OF THE TWO ON TIMING OF FROPA. WILL HOWEVER REEVALUATE THIS CLOSER TO 12Z TAF TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 70 32 63 36 / 20 0 0 0 GCK 68 29 64 34 / 0 0 0 0 EHA 69 33 65 39 / 0 0 0 0 LBL 70 33 65 39 / 0 0 0 0 HYS 65 32 61 35 / 20 0 0 0 P28 70 36 63 37 / 50 30 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN24/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1025 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074>076-084>086-270900- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 1025 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 /925 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER 2 PM. THESE WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC KSZ046-064>066-077>081-087>090-270900- RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1025 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1 PM AS A COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. FOLLOWING THE FRONT NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC EKB
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several power poles were blown down 1/2 mile east of Jetmore. The downed power lines also started a grass fire.
Wind gusts of at least 75 mph were reported.
A gradient wind combined with virga overhead along a cold front produced high wind across the southern part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 97699, 97700, 97702, 97701.