Heavy rain caused water to pour over county roads washing out some of them. Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches was reported.
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Heavy rain caused water to pour over county roads washing out some of them. Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches was reported.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 2:37 PM CST, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 337 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... A FLAT RIDGE WAS LOCATED OVER THE ROCKIES, WITH WEAK WNW FLOW AT MID AND HIGH LEVELS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS IS A FAVORABLE PATTERN CLIMATOLOGICALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SINCE CAPPING TENDS TO BE WEAKER IN SUCH SITUATIONS. SOUTHWEST KANSAS WAS IN THE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF A 90KT JET STREAK THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WAS HELPING TO MAINTAIN STORMS ALL DAY IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. HOWEVER, A STRONG FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND SFC BASED CAPES WERE NEAR ZERO ACROSS ALL OF THE FCST AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SO RENEWED SFC BASED CONVECTIVE INITIATION IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TODAY. SFC BASED STORMS IN THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE JET WILL BE TO OUR SOUTH THIS EVENING CLOSE TO THE FRONT. UPSLOPE FLOW WAS ADVECTING MOISTURE OUT TO THE IMMEDIATE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES. HOWEVER, THE LOW LEVELS WERE POTENTIALLY FAIRLY COOL AND SFC BASED CAPES WERE ONLY ABOVE 1000 J/KG ALONG THE IMMEDIATE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN SLOPES. ANY STORMS THAT GET GOING IN THIS AREA THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY WEAKEN BEFORE MAKING IT INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. HOWEVER, A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS CANT BE RULED OUT AS THE ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE IN ELEVATED FASHION. ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM DDC EAST AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TONIGHT. LEE TROUGHING WILL ALLOW FOR MOISTENING AND WARMING ACROSS WESTERN KS ON TUESDAY. STORMS MAY FIRE BY TUE AFTERNOON ALONG THE LEE TROUGH TO OUR WEST, AND THEN MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN KS BY EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS WERE KEPT FROM DDC WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRE ALONG THE LEE TROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MID TO HIGH LEVEL FLOW REMAINS WESTERLY TO WEST NORTHWESTERLY. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE GIVEN THE 60-70KT NORTHWESTERLY HIGH LEVEL JET AND SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. DAYS 3-7... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL STILL BE SITUATED IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO BEGIN THE PERIOD. AS A RESULT, NORTHWESTERLY MID TO HIGH LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT, INDICATING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHWEST BEGINNING TO EDGE EASTWARD EARLY IN THE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A MARGINAL DIFFERENCE IN DETAIL, WITH THE GFS, ECMWF(HIRES), AND CANADIAN DIFFERING A BIT IN THE AMPLIFICATION OF THE RIDGE. THEY STILL POINT TO THE RIDGE PUSHING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEKEND. UPPER LEVEL S/WAVE DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO CYCLE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AS WELL. COMBINED WITH AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...DEWPOINTS AT H85 IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS(C)...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE THE RIDGING BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. SEE NO REASON TO ALTER POPS. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, EXPECT A GRADUAL WARMING TREND TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR THURSDAY, TEMPERATURES AT H85 WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S(C) IN THE EAST TO THE MID 20S IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CLIMB EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IN THE SOUTHWEST CONUS GRADUALLY DRIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES. PLAN ON SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. .AVIATION... A SURFACE HIGH TO OUR NORTH IN NEBRASKA WILL SLIDE SLOWLY TO THE EAST TONIGHT WHILE A SURFACE LOW REMAINS PARKED JUST TO OUR SOUTHWEST. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STRETCHED FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE, PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR PERSISTENCE OF STRATUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE TIME FRAME. PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CEILINGS BEGIN TO LIFT A BIT BY MID DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 60 81 61 88 / 30 30 30 20 GCK 59 81 63 88 / 30 30 30 30 EHA 62 83 64 92 / 40 30 40 20 LBL 62 83 65 91 / 40 30 40 20 HYS 58 78 58 86 / 10 20 20 30 P28 62 81 62 87 / 30 30 30 30 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN24/32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 325 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171130- 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- 325 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 /225 PM MDT MON JUN 16 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 PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL TO SCOTT CITY. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ALONG THE COLORADO STATE LINE AFTER 6 PM. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS AND THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads were washed out in the area by heavy rain pouring out of fields and across the county roads.
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