A wind gust occurred in Grant county during the early morning.
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A wind gust occurred in Grant county during the early morning.
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 5, 2:15 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 315 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THIS MORNING AND STRONG WINDS AGAIN TODAY. MAIN UPPER LOW TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO THE MIDWEST TODAY. A VORT LOBE WILL SWING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH THICKENING CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MAINLY NORTH FROM SYRACUSE TO DODGE CITY AND MEDICINE LODGE. WILL CARRY HIGHEST POPS UP BY HAYS WITH MAY BE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF SNOW. ELSEWHERE SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT WITH A FEW FLURRIES AND LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS. BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON LOOK FOR PARTIAL CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS SHOULD STAY INTO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH 6 PM ALL CWA, EXCEPT FOR EXTREME WEST TIER COUNTIES IN THE AFTERNOON, SO WILL EXTEND THE CURRENT ADVISORY FOR TODAY. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT TRIM THE FAR WEST AS NEEDED. ANOTHER VORT LOBE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON SUNDAY NIGHT BUT LACKS MOISTURE SO ONLY EXPECT A FEW CLOUDS. THEN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT LOOK FOR NORTHERLY UPPER FLOW TO BECOME NORTHWESTERLY. FOR TEMPERATURES LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S TODAY WITH NEAR 40 FAR SOUTH UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES. TONIGHT SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS IN THE LOW 20S WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. ON MONDAY EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO BECOME CLEAR AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE DROPS IN FROM THE NORTH. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S LOOK GOOD COMPARED TO GUIDANCE, EXCEPT AROUND 50 AT ELKHART. ON MONDAY NIGHT LOOK FOR CLEAR SKIES, LIGHT WINDS, AND LOW DEWPOINTS, ALL POINTING TO ANOTHER COLD NIGHT. LOWS COULD BE IN THE UPPER TEENS NORTH TO LOW TO MID 20S ELSEWHERE AS A COLD HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. DAYS 3-7... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE TRANSITIONING EAST ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION TO BEGIN THE PERIOD TUESDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT INDICATING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVING SLOWLY EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND DOMINATING THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING FAIRLY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS TO WESTERN KANSAS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE, THE GFS, ECMWF, AND CANADIAN SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE NEXT POSSIBILITY FOR PRECIP TO WESTERN KANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY MORNING, THE GFS IS A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE SHOWING THE UPPER LOW MOVING INTO WESTERN KANSAS WHEREAS THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN KEEP THE LOW BACK IN EASTERN COLORADO. THERE IS ALSO SOME QUESTION AS TO THE TIMING AND POSITIONING OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW JUST LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL PLAY A FACTOR AS TO HOW MUCH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THERE WILL BE AND WHERE IT SETS UP. AGAIN, THE GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE PLACING THIS LOW A LITTLE FURTHER EAST THAN THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN. REGARDLESS, THE POSSIBILITY FOR ANY PRECIP REMAINS WITH A BETTER PROBABILITY ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WHERE MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE SOMEWHAT INCREASED. TIMING AND POSITIONING OF THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOWS REMAINS A QUESTION AT THIS POINT SO WILL STAY WITH GOING SLIGHT POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA WITH AN INCREASING PROBABILITY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, EXPECT A WARM UP MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVING IN. A LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO BRINGING A LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN AGREEMENT INDICATING TEMPERATURES AT H85 RANGING FROM AROUND 12C ACROSS OUR EAST TO NEAR 18C ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER. EXPECT FAIRLY SEASONAL HIGHS TUESDAY IN THE 60S(F) NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 70S(F) SOUTHWEST. WEDNESDAYS TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY SEASONABLE AS WELL. EXPECT A CHANGE WHEN THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN KANSAS IN THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY TIME FRAME RESULTING IN HIGHS DROPPING BACK DOWN TO BELOW NORMAL THURSDAY. PLAN TO BUMP UP TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO ON TUESDAY WITH ONLY SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS ELSEWHERE. && .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS IN THE VICINITY AND NORTHEAST OF KGCK AND KDDC...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MVFR VSBYS WITH LIGHT SNOW IN THE VICINITY OF KHYS...WILL LINGER EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE GIVING WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS MISSOURI AND INTO ILLINOIS TODAY. MEANWHILE, AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 38 21 46 22 / 20 0 0 0 GCK 38 20 46 22 / 20 0 0 0 EHA 41 22 51 26 / 10 0 0 0 LBL 40 21 49 25 / 10 0 0 0 HYS 36 20 41 19 / 50 0 0 0 P28 42 25 45 22 / 20 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR KSZ030- 031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090. && FN06/32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 335 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-060845- 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- 335 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 /235 AM MDT SUN APR 5 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH TO CONTINUE TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 6 PM CDT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ARE ALSO EXPECTED MAINLY THIS MORNING FROM SYRACUSE TO DODGE CITY AND MEDICINE LODGE AND NORTH. GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH IS EXPECTED FROM SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE AND NORTH WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This wind gust was recorded by a Davis Instrument at a location 9 miles northeast of Hickok.
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