A thunderstorm produced a high wind gust near the Colorado border.
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A thunderstorm produced a high wind gust near the Colorado border.
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 Oct 3, 3:57 PM MST, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 557 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...UPDATED FOR THE 00Z TAF AND AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW) ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE STRONG WINDS WITH A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND ADJACENT PLAINS INTO THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR A JOHNSON CITY TO GARDEN CITY TO A LACROSSE LINE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY MORNING. WINDS OFF THE DECK AT 850MB WILL BE PUSHING 40 TO 45 KNOTS, AND WITH GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION, SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE NORTHERLY AT 25 TO 40 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS WILL BE CLOSE TO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. AT THIS TIME WILL NOT ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY WITH UNCERTAINTY ON HOW LONG THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LAST. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND AND WEST, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME MID LEVEL INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT GENERALLY NORTH OF A SYRACUSE TO NEAR DODGE CITY TO LARNED LINE. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 40S WITH GOOD SURFACE MIXING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. CLOUDS WILL ALSO INCREASE AS MID LEVELS BECOME NEARLY SATURATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR THURSDAY EXPECT THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO RELAX WITH NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES COULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AS WELL AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60 TO 65 DEGREE RANGE. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 THE GENERAL TREND FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE IS COLDER AIR ARRIVING EVEN QUICKER, OR MODELS BRINGING COLDER AIR AT EARLIER FORECAST TIMES THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, AT LEAST PART OF WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE UNDER OVERCAST CONDITIONS. A 400 MB POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NEBRASKA WHILE UPSLOPE SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE A RESULT OF THE SOUTHWARD MOVING NORTHERN PLAINS SURFACE HIGH. THIS SHOULD ALSO MARK THE BEGINNING OF AN INCREASINGLY CLOUDY PERIOD WITH LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION. AS A RESULT, TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY HAVE BEEN TRIMMED SLIGHTLY INTO THE UPPER 50S ACROSS THE MAJOR PORTION OF WESTERN KANSAS. ALTHOUGH THE VARIOUS NUMERICAL MODEL FORECASTS PROVIDE THE SAME GENERAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN, SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXIST WITH MESOSCALE FEATURES AND THE RESOLUTION OF THERMAL FIELDS DETERMINING POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION TYPE. MOST INTERESTINGLY ARE THE UKMET AND NAM/WRF FORECASTS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE UKMET IS QUITE WET, PRODUCING SEVERAL TENTHS OF QPF OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS WITH A SHARP EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE IN THE MAIN TROUGH, AND COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SNOW. LIKEWISE, THE NAM MODEL SIMILARLY PRODUCES A 2-3 INCH SNOWFALL AREA ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. ALTHOUGH THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT LEAST WITH THE NAM MODEL SEEM TO SUPPORT A SNOW PRECIPITATION TYPE, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE COLD AIR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES AND THE FAR NORTHERN PLAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA WERE NOT THAT IMPRESSIVELY COLD THIS MORNING. THE GFS AND ECMWF WERE NOT AS WET WITH THIS PATTERN, BUT STILL PRODUCE AT A MINIMUM A GOOD DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN SIGNAL DUE TO DEEPLY SATURATED FORECAST SOUNDINGS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT LEAST FOR RAIN HAVE BEEN INCREASED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BY SATURDAY, HIGHS WILL BE MUCH COLDER; PERHAPS NO WARMER THAN THE LOW 40S GIVEN THE DEEP CLOUD LAYER THAT WILL LIKELY BE IN PLACE. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR VERY EFFICIENT OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION, AND TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING TO OR EVEN BELOW FREEZING. SUNDAY AFTERNOON APPEARS WARMER THAN SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF A RETURN TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND INCREASING INSOLATION. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BRING A REBOUND IN THICKNESS VALUES AND WARMER TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60S AND 70. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 549 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. THIS UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO ABRUPTLY CHANGE FROM THE SOUTH THE NORTH AT 25-35KT AT KHYS AROUND 04Z, KGCK AROUND 05Z, AND KDDC BY 06Z. AHEAD OF THE FRONT SOUTH WINDS THIS EARLY EVENING WILL BLOW FROM 15-25KT, AND THEN SHOULD DECREASE TO SOUTH AROUND 10-15KT AFTER 01 TO 02Z. EXPECT A STRATUS DECK OF CLOUDS TO MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH CIGS BKN-OVC050-070 AFTER 06Z OR SO. AN ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT UNDERNEATH A COLD POOL ALOFT WITH SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE, BUT SHOULD BE ISOLATED IN NATURE TO NOT MENTION IN THE TAFS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 45 62 40 58 / 10 0 10 10 GCK 44 61 39 57 / 10 0 10 10 EHA 43 60 39 58 / 10 0 0 0 LBL 44 61 41 59 / 10 0 0 0 HYS 46 61 39 56 / 20 10 10 10 P28 50 63 44 62 / 10 0 0 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...KRUSE LONG TERM...RUSSELL AVIATION...BURKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 434 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-040945- 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- 434 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 /334 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD AIRMASS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE GREAT PLAINS...INCLUDING SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...THIS WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD FROST OR EVEN A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES IN ACROSS KANSAS. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 30 TO 35 DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND CENTRAL KANSAS. STAY TUNED TO UPDATED INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS UPCOMING COLD SNAP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC UMSCHEID
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A semi truck was blown over by strong thunderstorms wind gusts.
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