A couple of storms became marginally severe during the late afternoon and evening.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
A couple of storms became marginally severe during the late afternoon and 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 Aug 27, 1:41 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Dodge City KS 241 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 ...Updated long term discussion... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH Friday) ISSUED AT 117 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 Models remain in good agreement with an upper level trough crossing the Central High Plains overnight as a surface boundary/weak cold front crosses southwestern Kansas. Water vapor loop earlier this morning indicated an upper level disturbance, located over southern Colorado at 12z Thursday. Dprog/dt along with the RAP and NAM suggesting that this disturbance will precede the main upper trough and will be crossing southwest Kansas between 18z Thursday and 00z Friday. Based on the timing of the southern Colorado upper wave along with 700mb moisture, 700mb frontogenesis, and afternoon mid level instability ahead of this wave late day will be leaning towards the HRRR,RAP,ARW, and NMM with the better chances for scattered thunderstorms developing along and east of a Dighton to Hugoton line. the main hazards from these storms still appear to be hail quarter size and smaller along with wind gusts of near 60 mph based on the latest RAP 0-6km shear and CAPE values late today and early this evening. Periods of moderate to heavy rainfall will also be possible, especially east of highway 283. These thunderstorms are expected to move east overnight as another area of scattered thunderstorms develop further west near the weak cold front/surface boundary as it and the main upper trough crosses western Kansas between 03z and 12z Friday. Severe weather is not anticipated with these storms, however moderate rainfall and lightning still will be likely. A few lingering thunderstorms will be possible across south central Kansas early Friday morning, however as the upper level trough moves east towards the mid Mississippi valley these storms will quickly end and skies will begin to clear from west to east. As the weak cold front continues to move south across Oklahoma during the day the 900mb to 850mb temperatures will cool. 850mb mix down temperatures at 00z Saturday continue to supports highs mainly in the 85 to 90 degree range. .LONG TERM...(Friday NIGHT THROUGH Thursday) ISSUED AT 240 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 High pressure at the surface will build across western Kansas Friday night so winds will decrease to less than 10 knots after sunset. Given these winds and clear/mostly clear conditions will trend towards undercutting guidance for lows. Will favor temperatures falling back into the mainly the upper 50s to lower 60s. From Saturday through the beginning of next week an upper level ridge will build and shift eastward into the Central and Northern Plains. This trend continues to support the previous forecast with a gradual warming trend through early next week. Highs will be rebounding from the upper 80s to around 90 on Saturday to at least the low to mid 90s on Monday and Tuesday. Towards mid week a southwesterly flow will develop across the Central High Plains. The GFS and ECMWF also suggest some tropical moisture will try to return to Colorado and portions of western Kansas. This may limit how warm temperatures will get around mid week. There will also be a slightly better chance for afternoon and evening thunderstorms along a surface boundary which is expected to be located near the Colorado border should any subtle upper wave be embedded in the southwesterly flow. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z Friday AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1209 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 Clouds will thicken and lower this afternoon as a Colorado upper level trough moves east towards western Kansas. At this time based on the NAM BUFR along with the RAP and NMM the VFR ceilings by late day/early evening will lower to around 3500 ft AGL. In addition to the lowering ceilings there will also be a chance for thunderstorms ahead of the upper level trough late today and early tonight. DDC and HYS will have the better opportunity for convection for thunderstorms between 21z Thursday and 03z Friday. GCK also has a chance but it appears to be prior to 00z Friday, and the probability is less than 50 percent. As this upper level trough passes the chance for storms will end and skies will begin to slowly clear. Gusty southwest winds will continue until a cold front crosses southwest Kansas between 03z and 09z Friday. As this cold front passes the winds will shift to the north at 10 to 15 knots. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 66 88 60 89 / 50 10 0 0 GCK 64 88 59 89 / 40 10 0 0 EHA 64 88 59 89 / 30 10 10 0 LBL 66 89 60 90 / 50 10 0 0 HYS 65 87 59 89 / 60 10 0 0 P28 70 91 63 90 / 30 20 10 0 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Burgert LONG TERM...Burgert AVIATION...Burgert
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 403 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-280915- 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- 403 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 /303 AM MDT THU AUG 27 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS LATER TODAY. THIS FEATURE WILL USHER IN THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS KANSAS. EVENING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS, NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL, AND MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY... NO HAZARDS. MONDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 506 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 KSZ062-063-272245- FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS- 506 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 505 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOLCOMB AND PLYMELL. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3775 10123 3790 10123 3803 10092 3775 10083 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 263DEG 18KT 3783 10113 JJOHNSON
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to five inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2015
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: 600376, 600377.