Gusty winds were observed across the area and one gust reached high wind warning criteria.
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Gusty winds were observed across the area and one gust reached high wind warning criteria.
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 Nov 4, 3:37 AM CST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 337 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TODAY AND THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. THE 00Z UA ANALYSIS SHOWS A 500 MB SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WHILE THE NEXT MORE POTENT UPPER SYSTEM WAS PLOWING ONSHORE OVER THE WEST COAST. SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS INDICATED A 150+ KNOT JET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. GOOD HEIGHT FALLS WERE ALSO OCCURRING WITH A 130 METER FALL OVER MEDFORD OREGON. THE SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM AND HAVE THE UPPER LOW CLOSING OFF OVER EASTERN WYOMING ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY EVENING. A SURFACE LOW WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER. THE SURFACE PRESSURE TIGHTENS UP OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. 850 MB WINDS INCREASE TO 40 TO 45 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE WILL SEE THE LOWER LEVELS BECOME FULLY MIXED DEPENDING ON HOW SOON AND HOW THICK CLOUD COVER BE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. THINK THAT THE EASTERN CWA SHOULD HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO MIX OUT AND WITH THE STRONGEST LOW LEVEL WINDS PROGGED OVER THAT AREA...WILL HOIST A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO LIBERAL FROM NOON TO 6 PM. 850 WINDS INCREASE TO 50 KNOTS OVER THE FAR EASTERN CWA TONIGHT. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THINK THE WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT BUT SHOULD STAY ON THE WINDY SIDE IN THE EAST. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES OUT ON WEDNESDAY...A DRYLINE WILL BE PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE CWA AND SHOULD BE EXITING THE EASTERN CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON WHILE A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CWA. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME INSTABILITY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. ALTHOUGH MODEL DEWPOINT MAY BE OVERDONE A LITTLE BIT BASED ON LOW LEVEL ANALYSIS...WILL LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS GOING IN THE EASTERN CWA DURING THE DAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH AS THE DRYLINE PUNCHES OUT BUT THERE WILL STILL BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS WITH THE FRONT AS IT MOVES IN. DAYS 3-7... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AT THE START OF THE PERIOD, TAKING THE UPPER TROUGH NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY. THURSDAY SHOULD HAVE FAIRLY COOL TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF KEEPING 850MB READINGS DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE LOWER THAN AVERAGE HIGHS WE HAVE GOING. THE PLAINS WILL SEE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES EASTWARD. TEMPS SHOULD SLOWLY RECOVER SOMEWHAT TO LEVELS CLOSER TO CLIMATOLOGY. BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY, MODELS START SHOWING SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH THE NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH. THE GFS BRINGS A DECENT SHORTWAVE OUT INTO THE ROCKIES BY SUNDAY, AND AS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE HAS IT PAST THE PLAINS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ECMWF ON THE OTHER HAND, CUTS OFF THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS AND THEN SLOWLY BRINGS IT OUT ON MONDAY. THE CANADIAN HAS A STRONGER LONGWAVE PATTERN WITH A SHORTWAVE COMING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF A LARGE TROUGH IN THE EAST. THE CANADIAN AND NCEP ENSEMBLES MEANS HAVE SIGNS OF A SHORTWAVE COMING THROUGH SOMETIME DURING THAT PERIOD, ALTHOUGH SPREAD IS FAIRLY HIGH. THUS, WILL KEEP THE LOW POPS AND COOL DOWN THAT WE HAVE GOING IN THE DAYS 6-7 GRIDS. && .AVIATION... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AS THE SFC TROUGH TO OUR WEST DEEPENS, APPROACHING 25-30 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. RUC HAS SOME STRATUS/FOG FORMATION NEAR GCK EARLY THIS MORNING. SREF ONLY HAS LOW PROBABILITIES AND THINK THAT WINDS WILL KEEP US FROM GETTING DOWN INTO THE LOWEST CATEGORIES, BUT WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. OTHERWISE, CIRRUS WILL BE THE MAIN CLOUDS AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 72 54 71 36 / 10 10 10 10 GCK 74 51 68 34 / 0 10 10 20 EHA 77 49 65 33 / 0 0 0 0 LBL 76 53 69 36 / 0 10 10 10 HYS 74 54 69 37 / 10 10 20 20 P28 74 58 75 41 / 10 10 20 20 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090. && FN02/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 451 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-051100- 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- 451 AM CST TUE NOV 4 2008 /351 AM MST TUE NOV 4 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO CIMARRON AND LIBERAL. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE AREA FROM HAYS TO STAFFORD AND MEDICINE LODGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE THEY WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC GERARD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust was observed at the Dodge airport.
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