A shortwave trough riding over the top of the upper level ridge helped push a front into the central plains. Combined with an unstable atmosphere there were scattered thunderstorms during the evening.
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A shortwave trough riding over the top of the upper level ridge helped push a front into the central plains. Combined with an unstable atmosphere there were scattered thunderstorms during the evening.
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 21, 5:05 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 605 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2014 ...Updated aviation discussion... .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) ISSUED AT 243 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 An upper level ridge will continue to spin around the southern Rockies with a 60+ knot 250 mb jet stretching around it from the Desert Southwest to Nebraska and South Dakota. Upper level moisture will also be on the increase allowing more high clouds to be present this afternoon. A trough of low pressure will be found at the surface across the KS/CO border today into tonight allowing south to south southwest winds to be felt across western Kansas. A few thunderstorms may form along this trough late this afternoon into evening, otherwise expect partly cloudy skies. Highs today are expected to reach into the upper 90s with a few places making it to triple digits. Any storms that do form this evening are expected to move off to the east and slowly dissipate by around midnight. Otherwise expect partly cloudy skies across western Kansas. Lows tonight are forecasted to dip into the lower 70s. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Sunday) ISSUED AT 309 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 An upper level ridge axis will extend from New Mexico into central Canada through mid week as a surface boundary moves into central Kansas and portions of western Kansas Tuesday night. At this time based on where the better upper level dynamics will be from an upper level jet and the warm +14c 700mb temperatures late Tuesday into Wednesday am concerned about thunderstorm development Tuesday night. A subtle disturbance will be crossing north central Kansas Tuesday night and with some moisture present a slight chance for thunderstorms can not be ruled out, mainly across north central Kansas Based what the NAM and GFS suggest on the mixing depth at 00z Wednesday and the temperatures in the 850mb to 700mb level the previous forecast for highs around 100 degrees still looks on track for western Kansas. The warmer temperatures will be in north central Kansas which will be just ahead of the approaching surface boundary. Heat index readings across north central Kansas of around 104 will be likely based on the expected highs of around 102 and afternoon dewpoints in the mid 60s. This is just below Heat Advisory criteria, however will continue to highlight the heat in the hazardous weather outlook. Warm air advection improves Wednesday night north of the surface boundary but at the same time the 700mb temperatures are forecast to be slightly warmer than Tuesday night. Could once again have an a few late night/early Thursday morning thunderstorms over portions of north central and even south central Kansas. At this time it appears the probability will be lower than the thunderstorm chances Tuesday night. Wednesday will be cooler than Tuesday based on the net change in the 850mb temperatures from 00z Wednesday to 00z Thursday. Given this trend highs will be mainly in mid 90s. A warming trend will then return late week as the surface boundary lifts back north as a warm front and 850mb temperatures warm from the mid to upper 20s into the 30C to 35C range. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Tuesday morning) ISSUED AT 604 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 VFR conditions can be expected today given what moisture that will be preceding an weak upper level disturbance late today will be at or above the 700mb level. South/southwesterly winds will increase into the 15 to 20 knot range by late morning and then continue through the remainder of the day. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 99 73 100 72 / 10 20 10 10 GCK 100 72 100 72 / 10 20 10 10 EHA 99 71 98 69 / 20 20 10 10 LBL 100 72 100 71 / 10 20 10 10 HYS 100 73 102 73 / 10 20 10 20 P28 98 74 101 75 / 10 10 10 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Hovorka_42 LONG TERM...Burgert AVIATION...Burgert
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 309 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-220815- 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- 309 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 /209 AM MDT MON JUL 21 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES OF UP TO 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FIRST ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT INDICES OF UP TO 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS WEEKEND. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVIATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:02 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs larger than 8 inches in diameter were broken by the high wind.
An irrigation sprinkler was overturned by the high wind.
Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
Several power poles were blown down along road H, just south of Highway 160.
Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
A few tree limbs larger than 8 inches in diameter were snapped off by the high wind. Many 2 inch and larger limbs were broken.
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