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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1050 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



LOW CLOUDS BLANKETED THE AREA OVERNIGHT.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM SOUTHWEST TO 

NORTHEAST MUCH OF THE NIGHT.  A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

LINGERED THROUGH MID MORNING.  PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS GENERALLY 

AVERAGED AROUND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.  OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGED 

FROM 43 AT ELKHART TO 54 AT MEDICINE LODGE.



THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS ALSO SAW CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE HIGHEST IN 

NORTHEAST KANSAS AND AVERAGED AROUND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH.  THE 

HIGHEST REPORT WAS .36 INCHES IN CONCORDIA.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE 

MILD ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AS TOPEKA AND WICHITA REPORTED LOWS OF 62 

AND 60, RESPECTIVELY.  GOODLAND WAS THE COLD SPOT IN THE STATE WITH 

A LOW OF 40.  



A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 

NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  A 

STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO THE 

FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 

FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING OUT.  A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL 

EJECT OUT OF THIS SYSTEM INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS 

CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY.  A WINTER STORM WARNING 

CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL 

SNOW IS EXPECTED.  WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXIST IN SOUTHEAST 

WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA.



TODAY, CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY 

MORNING AS DAYTIME HIGHS ONLY REACH THE 30S AND 40S FROM WESTERN 

NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO AND 

NORTHWEST KANSAS.  HIGHS IN THE 50S CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST 

KANSAS AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 

70S ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL 

INTO THE 30S ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO AND INTO WESTERN 

NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS.  LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S 

ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN KANSAS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

PLAINS.



COLEMAN
















961

AWUS43 KDDC 031550

AWSDDC



AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1050 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



LOW CLOUDS BLANKETED THE AREA OVERNIGHT.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM SOUTHWEST TO 

NORTHEAST MUCH OF THE NIGHT.  A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

LINGERED THROUGH MID MORNING.  PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS GENERALLY 

AVERAGED AROUND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.  OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGED 

FROM 43 AT ELKHART TO 54 AT MEDICINE LODGE.



THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS ALSO SAW CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE HIGHEST IN 

NORTHEAST KANSAS AND AVERAGED AROUND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH.  THE 

HIGHEST REPORT WAS .36 INCHES IN CONCORDIA.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE 

MILD ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AS TOPEKA AND WICHITA REPORTED LOWS OF 62 

AND 60, RESPECTIVELY.  GOODLAND WAS THE COLD SPOT IN THE STATE WITH 

A LOW OF 40.  



A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 

NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  A 

STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO THE 

FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 

FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING OUT.  A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL 

EJECT OUT OF THIS SYSTEM INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS 

CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY.  A WINTER STORM WARNING 

CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL 

SNOW IS EXPECTED.  WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXIST IN SOUTHEAST 

WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA.



TODAY, CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY 

MORNING AS DAYTIME HIGHS ONLY REACH THE 30S AND 40S FROM WESTERN 

NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO AND 

NORTHWEST KANSAS.  HIGHS IN THE 50S CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST 

KANSAS AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 

70S ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL 

INTO THE 30S ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO AND INTO WESTERN 

NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS.  LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S 

ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN KANSAS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

PLAINS.



COLEMAN