An isolated severe thunderstorm was reported in Ellis county.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm was reported in Ellis 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 Jul 19, 5:24 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 624 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...UPDATED FOR AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 1224 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 AT 12Z FRIDAY AN UPPER LEVEL JET EXTENDED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A 500MB TROUGH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THIS JET OVER WISCONSIN, A WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW WAS PRESENT ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND A SUBTLE UPPER WAVE APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING/NORTHERN COLORADO. A 700MB TROUGH EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. 700MB TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WERE +9C AT AMARILLO, +12C DODGE CITY, AND +11C AT NORTH PLATTE. AT THE 850MB LEVEL +15 TO +16C DEWPOINTS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A SURFACE COLD FRONT AT 13Z APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTH OF THIS FRONT ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 149 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 12Z NAM AND 12Z GFS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN MOVING THEY NORTHERN COLORADO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST CROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY TONIGHT. AS THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES...CAPES OF 1500 TO 2500 J/KG ARE EXPECTED NEAR A SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXTEND FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS AND A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS. 0-6KM SHEAR CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO BE 10 TO 20KTS AND FLOW ALOFT WILL BE WEAK. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS THE EVENING CONVECTION OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN KANSAS SPREADS EAST/SOUTHEAST. WILL THEN TREND TOWARDS TAPERING PRECIPITATION OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT BASED ON TIMING OF THE 400MB POTENTIAL VORTICITY AS IT CROSSES WESTERN KANSAS. ON SATURDAY ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION WILL END WITH BREAKS OF SUNSHINE DEVELOPING BY NOON. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE MID 90S AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON BASED ON SOME AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AND 850MB TEMPERATURES AT 00Z SUNDAY SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPECTED AT 00Z SATURDAY FOR ALL BUT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 IN THE MEDIUM AND EXTENDED RANGE, THE GENERAL PATTERN WILL LIKELY FIND SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO REGION. FARTHER NORTH, A RIDGING PATTERN WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN WITH TIME THROUGH THE WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERLIES IN SOUTHERN CANADA. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WILL STILL RETAIN SMALL CONVECTIVE CHANCES AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WITH IMPLIED SURFACE CONVERGENCE, AS WELL AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE PRESENT OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. SUNDAY MORNING COULD BE CLOUDY AND SLOWLY CLEARING WITH TIME AND BECOMING SUNNY AS MCS ACTIVITY SPREADS WELL EASTWARD INTO THE LOW PLAINS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THE CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL STILL LEAVE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE REGION WILL COME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BROAD UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WITH WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AT TIMES WHICH IS HANDLED VARIABLY BY THE DIFFERENT MODELS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LATE AFTERNOON (DIURNALLY AND THERMALLY DRIVEN) CONVECTION, CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LOW. WITH THAT SAID, THE ALLBLEND FORECAST PROCESS STILL ALLOWS FOR NEAR 20 PERCENT PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR MOST GIVEN DAYS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. PERHAPS THE BEST CHANCES FOR MORE FOCUSED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FALL AROUND THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME, GIVE OR TAKE 12 HOURS AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT RETURNS WEAK NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW TO WESTERN KANSAS. WITH THE RIDGE PARKED NOT FAR WEST, THE MODELS ARE FORECASTING TEMPERATURES ABOUT A STANDARD DEVIATION WARMER THAN NORMAL (OVERNIGHT LOWS INCLUDED WILL BE MILD IN THE UPPER 60'S LOW 70S.). && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 615 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INTO THE KHYS AREA BETWEEN 01-03Z, THEN TO THE KGCK AREA FROM 03-07Z, AND IN THE KDDC AREA FROM 05-07Z. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED, BUT SOME COULD HAVE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST THEN MAINLY NORTHERLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM GENERATED OUTFLOW WINDS TO 30-50KT, THEN RETURN TO SOUTHERLY AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ENDS AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 70 95 71 95 / 60 20 20 10 GCK 69 94 70 93 / 60 20 20 10 EHA 69 92 70 95 / 30 20 20 10 LBL 70 93 70 94 / 40 20 20 10 HYS 70 94 69 93 / 30 20 20 20 P28 72 96 73 95 / 20 20 20 20 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BURGERT SHORT TERM...BURGERT LONG TERM...RUSSELL AVIATION...KRUSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 247 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200600- 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- 247 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 /147 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SEVERE BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH, AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, MAINLY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. ANY STORM WHICH DOES DEVELOP OVER THE WEEKEND PERIOD IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE SEVERE. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP NEXT WEEK WILL BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC BURGERT
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large shed was completely destroyed by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
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