A thunderstorm producing excessive rainfall caused a local area of flash flooding.
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A thunderstorm producing excessive rainfall caused a local area of flash flooding.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 2:58 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...UPDATED LONG TERM SECTION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 1200 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 SORT OF AN UNCERTAIN FORECAST IN REGARDS TO THUNDERSTORM PLACEMENT. DID NOT WANT TO GET TOO RESTRICTIVE AS THE ATMOSPHERE IS PLENTY MOIST (PER THIS MORNINGS DDC RAOB) AND THERE IS LITTLE TO NO CAP IN PLACE. TO ADD TO THE UNCERTAINTY, THE MESOSCALE MODELS DO NOT AGREE WITH EACH OTHER FOR STORM PLACEMENT. ANYWAY, THINK THE BEST PLACE FOR CONVECTION IN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN AREA OF WARM AIR ADVECTION AND LIFT OVER A STATIONARY BOUNDARY. IF THE 4 KM NAM IS CORRECT, THEN A SECOND AREA OF STORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET. AGAIN, DON'T HAVE THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF THE MODELS AND BROAD BRUSHED THE POPS. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY DUE TO VERY WEAK SHEAR. ANY STORMS THOUGH COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF STEERING WINDS, SO STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY AND COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. WILL KEEP THE AREA HEADLINE FREE FOR NOW GIVEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED UNCERTAINTY IN STORM PLACEMENT. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A WEAK UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WITH STEEPENING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES, FAIRLY LOW CAPE, AND PRACTICALLY NO CAP. AGAIN, THE MAIN THREAT IS LOCALIZED FLOODING. BULK SHEAR CONTINUES TO REMAIN WEAK TOMORROW, BUT IS FORECAST TO BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER THAN TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 60S TONIGHT AND MAX OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 357 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE OVERALL THINKING. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SUSTAINED RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC CONVERGENCE AND PWATS WILL BE GREATER. THIS IS DUE TO SUSTAINED WEAKNESS IN THE MIDDLE TROPOSPHERE CONTINUING TO BECOME RECHARGED WITH SUBTLE SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE FEATURE OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PANHANDLES WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD ITO KANSAS, WHICH WILL BRING GREATER 500- 700MB MOISTURE, AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WE WILL FINALLY SEE A BREAK IN CHANCES BY LATE TUESDAY INTO MID-WEEK AS WESTERN KANSAS BECOMES INCREASINGLY INFLUENCED BY THE NORTHERN POLAR JET. THE ECMWF SHOWS A ANOTHER MCS SIGNAL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY AS SUBTLE WESTERLY DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTERACTS WITH UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ABNORMALLY HIGH MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, WHICH WILL LEAD TO HIGH TEMPERATURES NO WARMER THAN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1200 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 CONFIDENCE ON THUNDERSTORM PLACEMENT IS NOT HIGH FOR THIS TAF ISSUANCE. I HAVE INSERTED PROB30 FOR KDDC/KGCK FOR LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER CONFIDENCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE KHYS TERMINAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT, HAVE A TEMPO GROUP IN THE TAF. CIGS MAY DECREASE TOMORROW MORNING TO MVFR IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY BR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 64 83 65 80 / 40 50 50 50 GCK 63 84 64 80 / 20 40 40 40 EHA 62 85 61 80 / 50 30 30 40 LBL 64 84 64 80 / 50 50 50 40 HYS 64 81 64 80 / 30 40 40 40 P28 67 82 68 80 / 60 60 70 70 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...SUGDEN LONG TERM...UMSCHEID AVIATION...SUGDEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 429 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-141000- 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- 429 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...A FEW LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING BUT THESE SHOULD BE ENDING BY MIDDAY. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN AREAS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DISCUSSION...CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WILL MAINLY SEE A HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING THREAT. LATER IN THE WEEK, THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... SUNDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO GERARD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 KSZ074-132330- STANTON KS- 540 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL STANTON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 540 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JOHNSON CITY. LAT...LON 3773 10170 3757 10171 3757 10185 3773 10198 TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 167DEG 10KT 3762 10182 RUSSELL
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused a local area of flash flooding across several county roads and also across Highway 27.
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