A weak landspout tornado was observed by many people, including a pilot flying by.
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A weak landspout tornado was observed by many people, including a pilot flying by.
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 29, 5:11 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 611 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...Updated aviation section... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 1225 PM CDT Mon Aug 29 2016 Scattered showers with a few isolated thunderstorms are likely across portions of western and central Kansas tonight as a series of H5 vort maxima continue to lift northeast across the Western High Plains within a conveyor belt of tropical moisture. Short range models show the H5 vort maxima cycling around a weak upper low situated across the Four Corners Region while broad upper level ridging remains in control across the southeastern CONUS. As the flow aloft becomes increasingly difluent overnight, a +70kt jet core is projected to climb northeast across the Western High Plains with an a right entry region setting up generally across western Kansas. Although instability will remain fairly modest (generally under 1000 J/Kg), periods of showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected through early Tuesday. Factoring in the high amounts of QPF with PW values in excess of 1.5 inches, periods of heavy rainfall will be possible increasing the potential for localized flooding. Little change to the overall air mass is expected tonight while surface dewpoints remain generally in the 60s(F). So look for lows back down into the mid to upper 60s(F) overnight with the lower 70s(F) possible in south central Kansas. With widespread precip and cloud cover likely through early Tuesday, highs may struggle to reach the 80s(F) across western and portions of central Kansas Tuesday afternoon. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday) Issued at 145 PM CDT Mon Aug 29 2016 Precip chances will continue through at least mid week even as a building upper level ridge of high pressure shifts eastward out of the Intermountain West into the Northern and Western High Plains. The tropical plume mentioned in the early term will continue to provide ample moisture in the mid/upper levels while a southeasterly upslope flow redevelops across western Kansas in wake of a weak frontal passage Monday night/early Tuesday. Regardless of a prevailing weak flow aloft, enough instability will be present to support possible showers and thunderstorms across much of the area Wednesday with a shift in focus to the south and west on Thursday as the frontal boundary sets up from the Texas Panhandle northwestward into eastern Colorado. Temperatures are not likely to vary much with little change to the air mass across the high plains. Highs are expected to remain near to possibly a little below normal depending on precip coverage and cloud cover. In general, highs can be expected to reach the 80s(F) with lows in the 60s(F) through the end of the week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening) Issued at 608 PM CDT Mon Aug 29 2016 Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected across central Kansas this evening with additional storms developing westward after midnight. If any these showers move over the terminals, brief periods of MVFR to IFR conditions may occur. In addition, fog may form towards morning lowering down to 2 miles by sunrise. Winds will generally be light and variable this evening through the overnight period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 65 84 64 82 / 70 60 60 50 GCK 63 82 63 81 / 60 60 60 50 EHA 62 81 62 82 / 60 60 60 40 LBL 63 82 63 82 / 60 60 60 50 HYS 65 81 64 79 / 60 60 60 50 P28 68 86 68 84 / 70 40 60 50 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJohnson LONG TERM...JJohnson AVIATION...Hovorka_42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 511 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301000- 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- 511 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016 /411 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME STORMS LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... TUESDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SUNDAY... 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2016 KSZ078-080-088-089-292130- FORD KS-KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 344 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE... SOUTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MULLINVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG...MULLINVILLE AND THE JOY ELEVATOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3729 9938 3736 9963 3768 9957 3761 9923 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 194DEG 20KT 3748 9946 TURNER
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A landspout developed and moved slowly across a field doing no damage. Numerous folks observed it as did a pilot flying by.
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