Thunderstorms associated with a mid-level short wave trough moving across the plains produced isolated severe.
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Thunderstorms associated with a mid-level short wave trough moving across the plains produced isolated severe.
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 13, 5:20 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 620 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 1253 PM CDT Mon Jun 13 2016 Another round of thunderstorms will be possible again as an upper level shortwave moves out of the Rockies and into the Central High Plains. Thunderstorms are currently forming across the front range this afternoon and will move eastward as time progresses. These storms should stay out of the Dodge City CWA until this evening with increasing mid level cumulus this afternoon. An area of low pressure and associated frontal boundary will be positioned across eastern Colorado this afternoon then push eastward into Kansas this evening. This will lead to southeasterly winds across the area. Any storms that do develop and move into western Kansas will be capable of becoming severe with hail up to 2 inches in diameter and winds over 60 mph being the main concern. An isolated tornado will also be possible through 10 PM. A cluster of storms or MCS will roll through the area overnight with mostly cloudy skies. These storms should only be confined to central and south central Kansas by sunrise tomorrow then exit the area by mid morning. Cloudiness will also decrease from west to east tomorrow morning with mostly clear skies expected in the afternoon. The frontal boundary mentioned earlier will move through the area by tomorrow afternoon shifting winds to the west to northwest. As for temperatures, lows tonight look to range from the lower 60s across portions of west central Kansas to lower 70s across portions of south central Kansas. Highs tomorrow are forecasted to range from the lower 90s across west central Kansas to upper 90s across south central Kansas. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday) Issued at 256 PM CDT Mon Jun 13 2016 A quiet and dry weather pattern is expected Tuesday through at least the weekend as an upper level ridge builds over the Plains with an upper level low over the eastern Pacific. Winds shift back to a southerly direction Wednesday as a trough of low pressure develops across eastern Colorado. This feature is expected to continue through the remainder of the week with winds meandering between a southerly and southwesterly direction. As for temperatures, highs look to hover around 100 degrees each day with lows ranging from the lower 60s across west central Kansas to lower 70s across south central Kansas each night. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening) Issued at 619 PM CDT Mon Jun 13 2016 Scattered thunderstorms will cross western Kansas early tonight as an upper level disturbance exits the Rockies and moves out into the West Central High Plains. Models struggling with the speed of these storms early tonight but based on 21z Monday verification and latest radar trends it appear these storms will move to near GCK between 02z and 05z and then DDC from 04z to 08z. Hays appears to be located on the northern edge of these storms with the better opportunity here being also between 04z and 08z. Cloud bases with these storms may briefly drop into the MVFR category. periods of heavy rain may also result in IFR or low MVFR visibilities at times. Outside these storms VFR conditions are expected. Light southeast winds will continue until these storms cross each taf site. Following these storms a west to southwest wind at 15 to 25 mph are expected for several hours before decreasing to 10 knots or less. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 69 96 66 102 / 60 10 10 0 GCK 65 94 62 100 / 80 10 0 0 EHA 64 94 61 99 / 80 10 0 0 LBL 67 97 64 102 / 80 10 0 0 HYS 68 91 64 100 / 50 30 10 10 P28 72 97 70 105 / 30 20 10 10 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Hovorka_42 LONG TERM...Hovorka_42 AVIATION...Burgert
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 407 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140915- 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- 407 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2016 /307 AM MDT MON JUN 13 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...A NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS COLORADO AND MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, THERE IS A QUESTION IF THE ATMOSPHERE CAN RECOVER AND BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH. POTENTIAL THREATS WOULD BE HAIL UP TO 2", 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE MOST SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... TUESDAY... LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. THURSDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. FRIDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. SATURDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
700 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016
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0640 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N WILBURTON 37.08N 101.77W
06/13/2016 E50 MPH MORTON KS PUBLIC
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LEEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
724 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016
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0648 PM TSTM WND GST 16 SSW SYRACUSE 37.78N 101.89W
06/13/2016 M55 MPH HAMILTON KS PUBLIC
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RBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 744 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016 KSZ062-063-075>077-085>087-140130- SEWARD KS-FINNEY KS-GRANT KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-KEARNY KS-STEVENS KS- HASKELL KS- 744 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY... SOUTHWESTERN GRAY...EASTERN STEVENS...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...SEWARD... WESTERN MEADE...EASTERN GRANT AND HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 744 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKIN TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL...LAKIN...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...KISMET... COPELAND...RYUS...PLYMELL...TICE...HICKOK...WOODS...CAVE... HAYNE AND PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3794 10138 3800 10076 3700 10046 3700 10110 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 266DEG 35KT 3788 10121 3701 10098 JJOHNSON
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:56 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There was wind damage to a house including destroying a carport that ended up in the street. The roof was partially peeled off and an 8 inch diameter tree was snapped off.
Winds were estimated to be gusting to 60 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2016
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: 645196, 645197.