An isolated wind gust of 58 MPH was reported in Hugoton.
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An isolated wind gust of 58 MPH was reported in Hugoton.
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 Feb 25, 11:07 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1107 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 155 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS THAT WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE ROCKIES AT 00Z SATURDAY WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. FURTHER WEST AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WAS LOCATED JUST OFF THE COAST OF WASHINGTON 00Z SATURDAY WILL MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST UNITED STATES. WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TODAY AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WILL DEEPEN. THIS DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE JUST WEST OF THE COLORADO BORDER WILL PRODUCE A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. IN ADDITION TO THIS TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE THE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS BY MID DAY. 850MB WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 40 TO 50KTS BETWEEN 18Z SATURDAY AND 00Z SUNDAY...MAINLY EAST OF WAKEENEY TO GARDEN CITY TO ELKHART LINE. AS A RESULT OF THESE WINDS WILL NOT ONLY CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS BUT ALSO EXPAND THE ADVISORY ONE MORE COUNTY FURTHER EAST TO INCLUDE PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGESTING THE DEPTH OF THE MIXED LAYER WILL BE JUST ABOVE THE 850MB LEVEL BY LATE DAY SO WITH THIS IN MIND WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE 00Z SUNDAY 850MB MIX DOWN TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS TODAY. BASED ON THESE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL RANGE 3C AT HAYS TO AROUND 6C AT ELKHART THE HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. THIS GOOD MIXING WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOW DEWPOINTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS HOURS. USING THE MIXED LAYER DEWPOINTS AS A GUIDE IT CURRENTLY APPEARS THAT SURFACE DEWPOINTS MAY END UP BEING 3-5F LOWER THAN WHAT THE MODELS SUGGEST. TAKING THIS INTO ACCOUNT ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING TODAY WILL GO AHEAD AN UPGRADE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING. BY EARLY TONIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND THEN MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. AS THIS SYSTEM CROSSES OUT INTO THE PLAINS A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. NAM,GFS,ECMWF AND GEM ALL WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH KEEPING THE BETTER JET DYNAMICS NORTH OF THE KANSAS BORDER OVERNIGHT AND MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING LIMITED MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT AS THIS FRONT PASSES. BUFR SOUNDING DO INDICATE SOME 30 TO NEAR 40KTS. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL KEEPING THE LOW LEVELS MIXED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AM LEANING TOWARDS THE SLIGHTLY WARMER GUIDANCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND KEEPING WINDS UP A BIT MORE THAN WHAT THE MET/MAV SUGGESTS. PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10-15KTS BEHIND THIS FRONT STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 155 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 THE MAJOR EVENT DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE A RAPIDLY CHANGING PATTERN BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND THOUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A MOISTENING OF THE LOW LEVELS ON BOTH DEW POINT FIELDS AND THE QPF OUTPUT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. LITTLE IF ANY CAPE IS NOTICED DURING THIS MOISTURE ADVECTION PERIOD AND THE PATTERN WOULD SUGGEST CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE. MORE UNCERTAINTY LIES IN HOW AN UPPER CYCLONE DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS REGION HEADING INTO TUESDAY. THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN BETWEEN THE MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BUT ON TUESDAY THE GFS IS STRONGER, DEEPER AND FARTHER NORTH WITH THE MID LEVEL CYCLONE AS WELL AS THE SURFACE LOW. AS A RESULT A SURFACE PACIFIC FRONT IS SWEPT ACROSS THE AREA FASTER AND DRIER WITH LOWER INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GFS SOLUTION. THE ECMWF WOULD BETTER SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE FEW HUNDRED JOULES/KG SURFACE BASED CAPES IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. IN EITHER CASE, THE LOW LEVEL 850 MB JET BEHIND THE BOUNDARY IS IMPRESSIVE AND THE AFTERNOON WILL BE WINDY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BECOME LESS BAROCLINIC INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY, LEAVING SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT LEAST VERY BREEZY IN NORTHWEST SURFACE FLOW WITH ABUNDANT INSOLATION AIDING A NICE WARMUP INTO THE 60S. BY THURSDAY, SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY BECOME ESTABLISHED AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. HIGHS AND LOWS WILL NOT VENTURE TOO FAR FROM NORMAL FOR LATE FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S, AND MID TO UPPER 50S WHEN COOL ADVECTION IS AN INFLUENCE WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN PROBABLY LATE IN THE WEEK TO EARLY WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1100 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS FOR WINDS, A LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT, STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40KT AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45KT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 155 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. BASED ON THE DEPTH OF THE MIXING DEPTH FROM THE NAM AND GFS IT ALSO APPEARS THAT DEWPOINTS WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. GIVEN THESE LOWER DEWPOINTS AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS. AS A RESULT OF THIS A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST HIGHWAY 283. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT AROUND 15 PERCENT FURTHER EAST...GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW DEWPOINTS ANY OUT DOOR BURNING IN THIS AREA IS ALSO STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 63 33 54 31 / 0 0 0 10 GCK 67 31 54 30 / 0 0 0 10 EHA 68 32 52 29 / 0 0 0 0 LBL 67 32 54 31 / 0 0 0 0 HYS 61 31 54 31 / 0 0 0 10 P28 61 36 57 35 / 0 0 0 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR KSZ030-031-043>046- 063>066-075>081-084>090. && UPDATE...UMSCHEID SHORT TERM...BURGERT LONG TERM....RUSSELL AVIATION...JJOHNSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 332 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-261000- 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- 332 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 /232 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY LATE MORNING. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. AS A RESULT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THESE STRONG WINDS AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BACK TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. REFER TO THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR MORE DETAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON PRIMARILY EAST OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO MEADE AS A DRYLINE MOVES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE DRYLINE MAY GUST ABOVE 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 58 MPH wind gust was reported in Hugoton at the airport.
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