A developing weak thunderstorm produced a landspout that was highly visible from many miles around, with numerous pictures taken.
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A developing weak thunderstorm produced a landspout that was highly visible from many miles around, with numerous pictures taken.
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 Jun 22, 5:46 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 646 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...UPDATED AVIATION SECTION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 336 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL SHIFT INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT HAD PUSHED INTO WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT JUST SOUTH OF DODGE CITY TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTHWARD TO NEAR INTERSTATE 70 BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS FRONT LOOK TO BE VERY SMALL, BUT AN ISOLATED STORM CAN'T BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BACK TO MORE OF A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ON TUESDAY AS OPPOSED TO SOUTHWESTERLY DOWNSLOPE THAT WE EXPERIENCED TODAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT; AND THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING QUITE AS HOT AS TODAY. NEVERTHELESS, HIGHS SHOULD STILL REACH INTO THE MID 90S, WITH SOME UPPER 90S AS WELL. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WELL INTO COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON COULD VENTURE INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATER IN THE EVENING. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 241 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL SLOWLY SHIFT NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES BY FRIDAY. THIS WILL PLACE WESTERN KANSAS UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. A FEW WEAK SHORTWAVES ARE PROGGED TO MOVE DOWN THROUGH THIS FLOW DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD BRINGING LIFT AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH WINDS GENERALLY BEING FROM THE SOUTH. A COLD FRONT THEN MOVES THROUGH THE AREA SOMETIME ON THURSDAY WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASING THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND, MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, HIGHS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOK TO REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO CLIMATOLOGY ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 643 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 A COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHICH STALLED OUT EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT, ALTHOUGH GCK AND HYS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE EVENING. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE AT DDC, BUT THE PROBABILITY OF OCCURANCE APPEARED TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT GCK AND DDC TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS, WHILE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE LESS AT 10 TO 14 KNOTS AT HYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 69 96 72 97 / 10 0 0 10 GCK 69 97 72 98 / 10 0 10 10 EHA 68 96 70 98 / 10 0 10 10 LBL 69 95 71 97 / 10 0 0 10 HYS 69 95 73 100 / 10 10 10 10 P28 72 97 73 97 / 0 0 0 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...FINCH LONG TERM...HOVORKA_42 AVIATION...UMSCHEID
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230930- 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- 423 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 32
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A landspout that was highly visible moved south.
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