An isolated severe thunderstorm was reported in Ness county.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm was reported in Ness 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 9, 2:02 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 302 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...UPDATED SHORT TERM... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE, A MUCH MORE ZONAL FLOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CONUS WITH A POLAR JET FOCUSES ACROSS THE NORTHERN STATES, AND A BROAD MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA. TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES BY 11 AM ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. TEMPERATURES WERE SLIGHTLY SLOWER TO RESPOND ACROSS SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE BANDS OF MID LEVEL STRATOCUMULUS WERE PRESENT. THIS PATTERN INCLUDES A FLATTENING OF THE UPPER ANTICYCLONE NOW LOCATED FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE 12 UTC 700 MB ANALYSIS SHOWED A WARM PLUME OF MID LEVEL AIR ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS AS WARM AS 15 DEGREES C. THE 850 MB LEVEL TROUGH WHICH EXTENDED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS CREATED A DOWNSLOPE SURFACE WIND FIELD OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20'S C. AT THE SURFACE, A BETTER IDENTIFIED COLD FRONT BASED ON SURFACE MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY EXTENDED ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EASTERN DAKOTAS, WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY EXHIBITED ANS ATTENDANT TROUGH FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. JUST AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH, DEW POINTS OF 60 TO 65 DEGREES CONTRIBUTED TO PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 156 CORRIDORS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THE HEAT AND CONVECTIVE CHANCES INCLUDING POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARE THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUES EARLY IN THE SHORT TERM. THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE MAINTAINED IN IT'S CURRENT CONFIGURATION ALTHOUGH THE WESTERN PERIPHERY MAY BE SUSPECT TO MEETING LOW END ADVISORY CRITERIA DUE TO SURFACE DEW POINTS THAT HAVE MIXED OUT INTO THE MID/UPPER 50'S. IF THE TREND CONTINUES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON, IN EFFECT TEMPERATURES ALSO ARE NOT TRENDING AS WARM AS FORECAST, SOME AREAS ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY MAY NEED TO BE TRIMMED FROM THE ADVISORY. THE NAM/ WRF NMM AND ARW ALL DEVELOP CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN COVERAGE EXISTS BETWEEN THE MODELS, VARYING FROM RATHER ISOLATED CLUSTERS TO MORE ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENTS WITH PROLIFIC OUTFLOW. THE HRRR IS PARTICULARLY AGGRESSIVE WITH DEVELOPING HEAVY QPF AND RAIN COOLED OUTFLOW OF 30 KNOTS LOCALLY RIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ALONG THE MAXIMUM DEW POINT AND PWAT GRADIENT. HOWEVER THE WEATHER EVOLVES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES AND CONVECTIVE CHANCES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, THE BETTER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY OCCUR DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN COLORADO, INCREASING CHANCES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES COOLER BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 215 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 A WARM AND FAIRLY DRY PERIOD BEGINS AFTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A LARGE RIDGE OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAINTAIN A 30 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN MOIST UPSLOPE REGIME ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL BE OUR BEST CHANCE OF SEEING MEASURABLE RAINFALL INTO NEXT WEEK. WITH WEAK WINDS ALOFT NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER. THERE COULD BE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IF STORMS GET GOING AND THEY ARE SLOW MOVING. A WESTWARD MOVING UPPER LOW BEGINS TO UNDERCUT THE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY NEAR A CONVERGENCE LINE, ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MILD AROUND 70 TO 75 THROUGH THE PERIOD. DAYTIME HIGHS WARM BACK TO AROUND 100 TO 105 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THEN COOL SLIGHTLY BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S INTO NEXT TUESDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 200 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE CONVECTION PRODUCING 40 TO 50 KNOT WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, THE AREA INCLUDING THE LOCAL TERMINALS WILL BE UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP ALONG A SURFACE FRONT NORTHWEST OF HAYS BETWEEN 21 AND 00 UTC. THE ATMOSPHERE IS CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OUTFLOW, WITH LOCALLY SEVERE GUSTS IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR EPISODE ENDING IN THE EARLY EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 72 97 70 98 / 40 30 30 10 GCK 71 95 69 99 / 40 30 30 10 EHA 71 96 69 101 / 20 30 30 10 LBL 72 98 70 102 / 30 30 30 10 HYS 72 94 69 95 / 40 20 20 20 P28 76 100 72 97 / 40 20 20 20 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ030-031-044>046- 064>066-078>081-088>090. && SYNOPSIS...RUSSELL SHORT TERM...RUSSELL LONG TERM...KRUSE AVIATION...RUSSELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 418 AM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-100900- 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- 418 AM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 /318 AM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A SLOWLY ADVANCING COLD FRONT. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF SOUTHWEST, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 FOR HEAT INDICES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 105 DEGREES. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH FROM INTENSE DOWNBURSTS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS TO 65 MPH. SMALL HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEXT SUNDAY EVENING. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC UMSCHEID/SUGDEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 454 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 KSZ063-077-092245- FINNEY-GRAY- 454 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3802 10047 3777 10052 3787 10104 3805 10101 TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 279DEG 17KT 3794 10091 WAH
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A semi truck was blown over on highway 96 at mile marker 100.
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