Gusty winds were observed behind a strong cold front that moved across the area. At least one location experienced winds above 55 MPH.
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Gusty winds were observed behind a strong cold front that moved across the area. At least one location experienced winds above 55 MPH.
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 Oct 26, 1:02 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 202 PM CDT Thu Oct 26 2017 ...UPDATED FIRE WEATHER... .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 317 AM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017 As a surface cold front becomes stationary today across south central Kansas and western Oklahoma, a surface ridge will build across western Kansas. The gusty northwest winds behind this front earlier this morning will fall back to around 10 mph during the day as the ridge axis moves across western Kansas. Cooler, more seasonal, temperatures can be expected this afternoon given that the 850mb temperatures fall from the upper 20s at 00z Wednesday to around 20C at 00z Thursday. Tonight the northeasterly winds at 10 mph will gradually veer to the southeast towards daybreak and given clear/mostly clear conditions expected am favoring the cooler guidance for lows tonight. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 317 AM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017 Thursday is still shaping up to be a warm, dry, and windy day. As gusty south winds increase into the 15 to 25 mph range the relative humidity will be falling back into the 13 to 25 percent during the afternoon. At this time it appears the lower relative humidity values will be most likely west and north of Garden City so will be issuing a Fire Watch for this location on Thursday. A period of wet weather will then be possible for western Kansas over the weekend and early next week. An upper level trough/low will exit the eastern Pacific and move into the western United States where it will deepen late week into early this weekend. As this upper low deepens a south southwesterly flow can be expected across the Rockies and Western High Plains with tropical moisture beginning to advect northward in this flow. Several upper waves will also be embedded in this developing southwest flow which bring improving chances for precipitation to western Kansas over the weekend. Based on timing from the GFS and ECMWF of a few of the more significant upper level waves the better chances for widespread convection across western Kansas will be Saturday night into Sunday and then again Sunday night into Monday. Periods of moderate to heavy rainfall is starting to look more and more likely for some areas of western Kansas from Saturday night through early Monday. There will be chance for convection west of a Garden City to Liberal area Friday night but at this time confidence is not high if these storms will spread too far east during the overnight hours. As for temperatures...Temperatures late week are will rebound back into the 90s and gusty south southeast winds can be expected Thursday and Friday as surface pressures fall along the lee of the Rockies. Over the weekend clouds and precipitation will aid in keeping temperatures more seasonal. Highs on Saturday will range mainly from 85 to near 90. On Sunday a cold front is forecast to cross western Kansas which could result in temperatures late this weekend climbing only into the 75 to near 85 degree range. Early next week the upper level trough is still forecast be located across the west/southwest United States and as more upper waves rotate around the based of this system and move northeast towards the Central Plains. This will result in a wet start to the work week as another round of thunderstorms are expected across western Kansas Monday and Tuesday. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Wednesday night) Issued at 1201 AM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017 A cold front was quickly crossing western Kansas early tonight. The RAP and HRRR were a little slow with timing based on 05z verification and were also too weak with the winds behind this front. Given these known issues with this frontal passage the Garden City and Hays areas would have already had the wind shift occur by 06z. The frontal passage at Dodge City and Liberal is expected within the next hour. Behind this front a northwest winds of 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots will be possible for a couple of hours based on several observations in northwest Kansas. These gusty winds will begin to subside after 09z Wednesday and by 12z the winds across western Kansas are expected to be in the 15 to 20 knot range. Northwest winds will continue to decrease through the day on Wednesday and are expected to fall back to around 10 knots after 21z Wednesday. VFR conditions can be expected over the next 24 hours. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 158 PM CDT Thur Oct 26 2017 Fire weather watch will be issued for a handful of counties (Trego, Lane, Scott, Kearny, and Hamilton) for Friday afternoon. RH levels will dip close to 15% after the noon hour Friday combining with northwest winds in the 20-30 mph range. This will lead to an elevated fire danger and outdoor burning is discouraged. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 69 23 47 18 / 0 0 0 0 GCK 66 23 45 18 / 0 0 0 0 EHA 64 27 45 22 / 0 20 0 0 LBL 69 27 47 20 / 0 10 0 0 HYS 64 25 47 18 / 0 0 0 0 P28 71 31 50 22 / 0 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Hard Freeze Warning from 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ to 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ Friday for KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>088. Hard Freeze Watch from late Friday night through Saturday morning for KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090. Freeze Warning from 2 AM to 9 AM CDT Friday for KSZ066-081-089- 090. && SHORT TERM...Tatro LONG TERM...Tatro AVIATION...Tatro FIRE WEATHER...Tatro
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 452 AM CDT Thu Oct 26 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-271000- 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- 452 AM CDT Thu Oct 26 2017 /352 AM MDT Thu Oct 26 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- Strong gusty northerly winds are expected this afternoon, with gusts frequently in excess of 40 mph. A Freeze Warning and Hard Freeze Warning are in effect for Tonight. Please see the Warning messages for details. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Non-thunderstorm wind: Elevated risk * Freeze: Extreme risk * Fire weather: Elevated risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- A widespread hard freeze is likely Friday night. A Hard Freeze Watch is in effect for Friday night. Please see the Warning messages for details. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Friday - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk - Freeze: Extreme risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Saturday - Freeze: Extreme risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Sunday - Freeze: Elevated risk * Monday - Freeze: Extreme risk - Fire weather: Limited risk * Tuesday - Freeze: Extreme risk * Wednesday - Freeze: Significant risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust to 58 MPH was reported at a location 6 miles northwest of Scott City.
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