Weak thunderstorms produced two brief land spout tornadoes in Stafford county. The tornadoes were witnessed by many people.
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Weak thunderstorms produced two brief land spout tornadoes in Stafford county. The tornadoes were witnessed by many people.
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 Jul 8, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 315 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... ENDING OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE INTO WEDNESDAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS TO OKLAHOMA BY WEDNESDAY TAKING WITH IT MUCH OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL KEEP THE BEST CHANCES IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA AND TAPER POPS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. THE GFS IS FASTER TAKING THE TROUGH AND RAIN OFF TO THE SOUTH WHILE THE WRF IS SLOWER AND MAINTAINS MUCH HIGHER QPF JUST SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. WILL GO WITH A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH ON POPS AND QPF. THE SEVERE CHANCES LOOK MINIMAL THIS EVENING WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS AND LOW INSTABILITY. FOR TONIGHT LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES SOUTH AND PARTLY CLOUDY NORTH WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A GOOD BET MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. ON WEDNESDAY LOOK FOR MUCH OF THE RAINFALL TO BE MOVING OUT OF THE MEDICINE LODGE REGION WITH SOME HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS OVER THE SOUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND ON HOW THICK THE CIRRUS IS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S LOOK GOOD AND THIS IS HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY EXPECT DECREASING CLOUDINESS WITH WINDS INCREASING BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO THE BREEZY OR WINDY SIDE WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 OR 30 MPH. HIGHS ON THURSDAY SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE LOWER 90S BASED ON FORECAST 850MB TEMPS. THIS IS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. DAYS 3-7... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST IS TIMING OF THE NEXT FRONT...AND ASSOCIATED POPS. THE FIRST PART OF THE DAYS 3-7 FORECAST WILL START OUT HOT ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL WORK DOWN FROM THE NORTHEAST AND ENTER OUR CWA LATE SATURDAY. HAVE CUT MAX TS BACK INTO LOWER 90S N TO MID 90S SOUTH SATURDAY AND EVEN LOWER ON SUNDAY...AS THE FRONT AND CLOUDS WILL BE SLIDING DOWN AND THWARTING SOLAR INSOLATION SIGNIFICANTLY. MY NORTHEAST ZONES COULD SEE THE FIRST SIGNS OF CONVECTION LATE SAT AFTERNOON...THEN THE REST OF THE CWA WILL HAVE A CHANCE SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE ECMWF IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH BRINGING THE FRONT DOWN ON SAT...WITH THE GFS SLOWER AND WHICH BRINGS THE PRECIP INTO OUR CWA SUNDAY. HAVE WENT WITH THE HIGHEST POPS /30 PERCENT/ SAT NT INTO SUN IN MY NORTHEAST ZONES...BUT INCLUDED AT LEAST 20 POPS FOR ALL AREAS LATER SAT NT INTO SUN NT. THE FRONT SHOULD START SURGING BACK NORTH MONDAY AS A STRONG WARM FRONT...BRINGING OUR MAX TEMPS BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S MON...MID 90S TUE...AND MAYBE UPPER 90S BY WED. .AVIATION... A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BE KP28 KS TO KDHT TX BY 09/00Z AND FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS OKLAHOMA BY 12Z. A STREAM OF MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTHWEST WAS OVER RUNNING THE FRONT AND CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO TO WESTERN MISSOURI. CIGS WITH THIS CONVECTION WILL AVERAGE BKN025-030 WHILE MOST VSBYS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 6SM. THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LAST UNTIL 06Z...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ICT TO P28 TO AMA LINE. AFTER 06Z...EXPECT MID LEVEL CIGS IN THE OVC060-080 RANGE. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...EXCEPT HIGHER NEAR STORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 66 88 65 92 / 30 0 10 10 GCK 65 88 63 92 / 10 0 10 10 EHA 64 87 64 93 / 20 10 10 10 LBL 65 87 64 93 / 30 10 10 10 HYS 65 88 65 91 / 10 0 10 10 P28 68 87 70 92 / 70 30 10 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN06/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 331 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-092045- 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- 331 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 /231 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO SAINT JOHN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AROUND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 06
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A landspout tornado was visible from weak thunderstorms in the area.
A second landspout was visible but did not cause any damage.
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