An upper level short wave trough moving out of the Rockies helped lift the atmosphere along a warm front stretching from east central Colorado into central Kansas. High terrain thunderstorms across southeast Colorado moved into southwest Kansas as a secondary area of storms.
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An upper level short wave trough moving out of the Rockies helped lift the atmosphere along a warm front stretching from east central Colorado into central Kansas. High terrain thunderstorms across southeast Colorado moved into southwest Kansas as a secondary area of storms.
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 25, 1:28 PM MST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 328 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...UPDATED SYNOPSIS AND SHORT TERM DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 327 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 THE 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICTED A 500 MILLIBAR SHORTWAVE AND THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES IN NORTHERN COLORADO AND WYOMING. WATER VAPOR LOOPS INDICATE THIS SYSTEM MOVING OUT OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE, LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST INTO KANSAS SOUTH OF GOODLAND, HAYS AND GREAT BEND. A COOL FRONT EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM THE LOW INTO THE FRONT RANGE. THE REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS A CONTINUING AREA OF WARM ADVECTION SHOWERS GRADUALLY PROPAGATING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL KANSAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW UP IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND OVER FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN AN AREA OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 327 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 FOR THIS EVENING, THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE NAM SHOWS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKING OUT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS . THE LATEST RUNS OF THE HIGH-RES RAPID REFRESH SHOW TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MODEL ALSO SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AND ALSO SPREADING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL MAINTAIN THE LIKELY POPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FORECAST AND SHIFT THE AREA OF HIGHEST POPS SOUTHEASTWARD AS THE NIGHT GOES ON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY 12Z SATURDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD LATER TONIGHT, THERE COULD BE AREAS OF LOW STRATUS DEVELOPING ALONG WITH SOME AREAS OF MIST OR FOG. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING FROM THE NORTH BY FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY COME AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 248 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY: SURFACE WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY VEER FROM NORTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY THROUGH OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYNOPTIC TROF. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 60S DEG F AS A DRIER AIR MASS ADVECTS IN. ON SATURDAY, UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS MAY LEAD TO LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER MAXIMUMS AS THE ECMWF SHOWS HIGHER RH'S IN THE 850-700 HPA LAYER. MAXIMUMS WILL BE THE COOLEST NEAR HAYS AND THE WARMEST NEAR ELKHART (VALUES 82-90 DEG F). SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER AS AN 80 KT 250 HPA JET MOVES ACROSS THE REGION BY EVENING. SUNDAY: LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION/THETA-E ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER CONVECTIVE DAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY. HAVE THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES UP NORTH CLOSER TO THE NOSE OF THE 850 HPA THETA-E AXIS AND BAROCLINIC ZONE. MAXIMUMS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S DEG F AS THE LOW LEVEL WARM PLUME ADVECTS FARTHER EAST. MONDAY AND BEYOND: WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. THIS AND CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POTENTIAL MCS DEVELOPMENT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THUNDERSTORM PLACEMENT AND TIMING THIS FAR OUT, SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE ALLBLEND PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES FOR NOW. HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 90 DEG F WITH LOWS AROUND 70 DEG F ON AVERAGE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1231 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST KANSAS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THESE STORMS COULD IMPACT THE HAYS, GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY TAF SITES AS EARLY AS 20Z-22Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 02Z-03Z BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE VICINITY TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. WILL CARRY VCTS AT THE TAF SITES WITH A TEMPO GROUP WITH MVFR VSBYS AND VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. LATER TONIGHT WE COULD SEE MVFR VSBYS DEVELOPING AT THE TAF SITES ALONG WITH SOME POSSIBLE MVFR TO IFR CIGS. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE RAPIDLY FRIDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO WESTERN KANSAS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 65 86 62 84 / 60 10 10 20 GCK 63 86 61 86 / 60 10 10 30 EHA 63 87 62 90 / 50 10 10 30 LBL 65 87 62 88 / 60 10 0 20 HYS 63 85 62 82 / 60 10 10 30 P28 67 84 64 83 / 70 10 10 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...GERARD SHORT TERM...GERARD LONG TERM...SUGDEN AVIATION...GERARD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1111 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 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- 1111 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 /1011 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS MAY BECOME SEVERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER, IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR NOT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED FOR HAIL AND WIND REPORTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC GERARD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
404 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
KSZ061-074-252145-
HAMILTON-STANTON-
404 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND STANTON
COUNTIES...
AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF
SYRACUSE TO BARTLETT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH
OF SYRACUSE TO 6 MILES WEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3783 10205 3792 10197 3782 10154 3760 10154
3740 10170 3739 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 295DEG 23KT 3780 10179 3742 10210
RUSSELLThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This landspout tornado did encounter anything to damage.
Numerous power poles were downed by high wind. Two hay buildings had their roofs blown off.
The winds were estimated to be blowing 65 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2013Warnings in Kansas, July 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 474408, 474409, 474405, 474406, 474407, 474410.