Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall caused some flooding across Ellis county.
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Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall caused some flooding across Ellis 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 Sep 3, 5:00 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 600 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016 ...updated aviation... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday) Issued at 327 PM CDT Sat Sep 3 2016 In the near term, the focus going foreword tonight will be thunderstorms and impacts. The next round is already initiating across the higher terrain of east-central Colorado. Various models have bought widely scattered to large clusters of thunderstorms into northwest or west central Kansas by the early evening, spreading east and southeast. Our highest probability of precipitation will be through the I-70 corridor, although some chance exists as well as far south and the Garden City and Dodge City areas. A severe wind gust and severe hail threat is likely early farther northwest, around Scott City and Dighton. as the storms become less discreet, the probably would pose more of a heavy rain/isolated flooding and gusty wind threat as they move into central Kansas. The 4 KM NAM and the NMM core models are a coule of examples that keep the convection over nw KS and cokletely miss the Dodge CIty are counties. The next couple of nights will bring warmer temperatures in the upper 60s to around the 70 degree mark. Likewise, high around to just above normal are forecast. .LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Saturday) Issued at 327 PM CDT Sat Sep 3 2016 Little change is expected in the overall synoptic pattern across the region going foreword for the next several days. A pattern conducive to typical daytime convective development over eastern Colorado will remain in place as the upper flow becomes slightly more broadened over the northern High Plains. The the upper flow will play a large part in whether or not thunderstorms will move into western Kansas Kansas during the late afternoon or overnight. Kansas remains on the warm side of the synoptic boundary through about Thursday, with moderate southerly surface winds through the period. The models push a front closer to Kansas by the Thursday timeframe. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Sunday evening) Issued at 600 PM CDT Sat Sep 3 2016 VFR is expected through TAF pd. Will put a tempo group in for KHYS for -tsra later this evening. Convection might impact KGCK, but that is not 100 percent certain right now. Anyway, latest trends support at least KHYS for now. Winds will remain elevated through the overnight (12-25 kt) and increase again tomorrow. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 67 88 70 91 / 30 10 10 10 GCK 67 90 69 92 / 50 10 10 10 EHA 66 91 67 91 / 20 10 10 20 LBL 67 90 69 91 / 20 10 10 10 HYS 67 88 72 92 / 70 10 10 10 P28 69 88 71 91 / 20 10 0 10 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Russell LONG TERM...Russell AVIATION...Sugden
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 515 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-041015- 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- 515 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016 /415 AM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED, WITH THE BEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK UP IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A MARGINAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LEE TROUGH JUST ABOUT EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL, GIVEN THE SLIGHTLY INCREASED WIND SHEAR EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... SUNDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT 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
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
4 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread flooding of roads occurred from heavy rainfall. There was one water rescue reported.
Rainfall of 5.56 inches was observed.
Rainfall of 5.50 inches was observed.
Water about 80 yards wide was rushing over several roads along Little Big Creek.
Rainfall of 7.34 inches was observed.
Rainfall of 7.57 inches was observed.
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, September 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: 661302, 661303, 661304, 661298, 661305, 661306.