Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in parts of Barber county.
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Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in parts of Barber county.
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 10, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 646 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW) ISSUED AT 326 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. COLD SUFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY, SQUEEZING THE MOIST UPSLOPE MORE INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS. ALSO ISENTROPIC LIFTING OVER THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SPRINKLES THIS EVENING. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION FROM 700 MB TO 900 MB AND ELEVATED CAPE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. WILL MAINTAIN 20 TO 40 POPS ACROSS THE FA TONIGHT. NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT WITH VERY LIMITED INSTABILITY. ALSO HAVE ADDED AREAS OF FOG IN THE FAR WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S WITH CLOUDY SKIES. FOR WEDNESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO EASTERN KANSAS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ROCKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE LOWERING PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES AND WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST. WITH CONTINUED ISENTROPIC LIFT AND WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A 30 TO 40 POP OVER THE FA WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH OVERCAST SKIES AND LITTLE IF ANY CAPE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL AND ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. RAINFALL AMOUNTS INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BE LIGHT WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IN THE EAST TO AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE WEST FA. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 343 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 N UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS WILL START TO SHIFT EASTWARD AS THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS. THIS IS DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE DOWN AND AROUND THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH ONE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WEDNESDAY AND THE NEXT MOVING THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS ON THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE, A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE FOUND ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO DOWN INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FIRST SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT WHERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS THE STATIONARY FRONT MOVES NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THERE WILL ALSO BE AMPLE UPSLOPE FLOW AND WARM AIR ADVECTION THAT SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WITH BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS. LOWS THURSDAY MORNING ARE ANTICIPATED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S ACROSS THE I-70 CORRIDOR TO LOWER 50S ACROSS THE KS/OK BORDER. THE SECOND SHORTWAVE IS DEPICTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS PLAINS ON THURSDAY. A DRYLINE IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE EASTWARD IN THE MORNING DISSIPATING CLOUDS ACROSS THE KS/CO BORDER. THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN HOW MUCH AIRMASS RECOVERY WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. CURRENT FEELING IS THAT THE COOL AIR AND LOW LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE TOUGH TO ERODE, WITH ONLY A NARROW WEDGE OF SURFACE HEATING IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. ANY STORMS THAT INITIATE ALONG THE DRYLINE MAY MOVE QUICKLY INTO A CAPPED ENVIRONMENT AND MAY WEAKEN OR NOT SURVIVE. THE 12Z MODEL RUNS SUGGEST THAT THE DRYLINE WILL SET UP AROUND DIGHTON TO LIBERAL IN THE MORNING AND SHIFT SLIGHTLY EASTWARD, FROM WAKEENEY TO MEADE, DURING THE AFTERNOON. THEY ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EAST OF WAKEENEY TO MEADE. HIGHS ON THURSDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WITH UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BEHIND THE DRYLINE. THIS SECOND SHORTWAVE WILL ALSO HELP PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT BUT THEN STALL OUT JUST EAST OF CENTRAL KANSAS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST MID TO HIGH LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST AS THE WESTERN LONGWAVE TROUGH SLOWLY SHIFTS EASTWARD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY BE RULED OUT IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE MOIST AXIS MAY STAY FAR ENOUGH WEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG INSTABILITY AND SHEAR. BUT GIVEN THE STRONG WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY MOMENTUM AT MID-LEVELS, THE STORMS MAY NOT MATURE UNTIL REACHING INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS. LOWS FRIDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S ACROSS THE KS/CO BORDER WHERE THE AIR MASS WILL BE DRY TO AROUND 60 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE THE MOIST AXIS WILL BE POSITIONED. HIGHS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ARE FORECASTED TO REACH INTO THE 70S. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE THROUGH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO REMAIN IN PLACE THEN RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY AS A SURFACE LOW STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. EXTENDED MODELS ARE THEN SUGGESTING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TO BE PUSHED INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. I AM NOT CONFIDENT WITH THIS SOLUTION AS THE LAST COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL LOWS DID NOT PUSH OUT AS FAST AS MODELS PREDICT. I HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP WITH THE ALLBLEND MODEL SOLUTION AT THIS TIME SINCE CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE TRACK OF THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW. HIGHS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ARE FORECASTED TO REACH INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 644 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 SURFACE METAR OBSERVATIONS, VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND MESOSCALE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS ALL POINT TOWARD A WEAKLY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH WIDESPREAD STRATUS CEILINGS AROUND 1-2KFT. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION A THIS TIME IS FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES HOWEVER ARE QUITE UNSTABLE, AND ELEVATED STORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ARE PLAUSIBLE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 49 56 51 77 / 40 40 60 30 GCK 49 56 51 78 / 40 40 50 20 EHA 51 58 52 78 / 50 40 50 10 LBL 52 59 53 81 / 40 40 60 10 HYS 47 56 47 71 / 20 20 50 40 P28 50 59 52 70 / 30 30 50 40 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...KRUSE LONG TERM...HOVORKA 42 AVIATION...RUSSELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-112115- 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- 402 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 /302 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IN NOT EXPECTED WITH LIMITED INSTABILITY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL LESS THAN DIME SIZE MAY BE POSSIBLE IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORE LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND PUSH A DRYLINE AND COOL FRONT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL FROM GOLFBALL OR LARGER SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS AREA IS MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKIN TO HUGOTON. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE DRYLINE IS POSITIONED OVER THIS REGION. FINALLY...A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL LOW MAY IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK PROVIDING MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED 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 flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over rural roads. A five inch rain gauge overflowed.
Rainfall of 3.65 was reported and approximately a third of the streets in Sun City were reported to be flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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