A thunderstorm produced heavy rain across Kearny county.
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A thunderstorm produced heavy rain across Kearny county.
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 7, 5:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 600 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...Updated Aviation... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday) Issued at 235 PM CDT Sun Aug 7 2016 Tonight...thunderstorms are possible along and north of a frontal boundary currently positioned slightly south of the forecast area. The best chance of thunderstorms will be along the KS/OK border. Otherwise expect a thick deck of stratus and southeasterly winds across the CWA. Drier conditions are expected tomorrow with a decrease in cloudiness in the afternoon. The frontal boundary will slide farther north tomorrow leading to southeasterly winds to the north of the front with southerly winds south of the front. A few thunderstorms may form along this boundary in the late afternoon, but I believe most of the activity will hold off until the evening hours. As for temperatures, lows tonight look to drop into the mid to upper 60s with highs tomorrow ranging from the mid 80s north to lower 90s south. .LONG TERM...(Monday night through Sunday) Issued at 235 PM CDT Sun Aug 7 2016 Southwest flow will be found above western Kansas through at least the mid part of the week due to an upper level high over the southern U.S and a an upper level long wave trough over the western U.S. A trough of low pressure will be located across eastern Colorado towards the surface leading to southerly winds across the area through Thursday. A few thunderstorms are possible across west central Kansas Monday night as the frontal boundary mentioned in the short term continues to slide northward. Partly cloudy skies and dry conditions are anticipated Tuesday through Thursday, however a few isolated thunderstorms can not be ruled out across west central Kansas during the late afternoon into evening hours. Models suggest a cold front to slide through the area Thursday night shifting winds to more of a northerly direction. Thunderstorm chances will increase Thursday as the tropical upper level trough interacts with the Pacific cold front. Upper level high pressure will build in the western United States late in the week, and relatively cool high pressure will build into the central part of the country Friday and Saturday. As for temperatures, highs look to reach into the 90s Tuesday through Thursday with a cool down into the upper 80s and lower 90s Friday into this weekend. Lows will generally be around 70 degrees through Thursday night then in the upper 60s this weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Monday evening) Issued at 600 PM CDT Sun Aug 7 2016 Convective development through tonight is expected to remain primarily south of the airports, along a stationary frontal boundary along the KS/OK border. As such, little confidence that convection will impact any terminal through tonight, and left it out of the 00z TAFs. BKN/OVC stratus/stratocumulus field will lower through the night, with IFR/LIFR stratus cigs expected at all airports through sunrise Monday. Areas of reduced vis in BR/FG as well. Cigs will again lift to BKN stratocumulus beginning around 15z Mon. Light NE surface winds will prevail north of the front tonight, veering more SEly on Monday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 67 90 71 96 / 20 10 10 10 GCK 66 89 68 95 / 20 20 20 20 EHA 66 92 68 96 / 40 20 20 20 LBL 68 93 70 97 / 30 10 10 20 HYS 64 85 70 95 / 10 20 20 20 P28 71 92 74 98 / 30 10 10 10 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Hovorka_42 LONG TERM...Hovorka_42 AVIATION...Turner
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1113 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081615- 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- 1113 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016 /1013 AM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD, MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS, WITH MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... MONDAY... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. TUESDAY... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING 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
805 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016
KSZ086-087-080145-
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
805 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...WEST
CENTRAL MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 804 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES WEST OF KISMET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
HAIL TO DIME SIZE IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KISMET AND PLAINS.
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 10097 3739 10075 3739 10069 3721 10052
3711 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 235DEG 7KT 3722 10082
TURNERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016
KSZ086-087-080200-
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-
817 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
CDT...
AT 816 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINS...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF KISMET...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS LIKELY.
WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADE...MISSLER AND PLAINS.
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 3732 10079 3739 10070 3739 10066 3743 10065
3746 10061 3729 10033 3718 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 224DEG 12KT 3732 10065
TURNERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall of 2.70 inches was observed. Bar ditches were full with water flowing across River Road in some spots.
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