Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
848 PM MDT (948 PM CDT) TUE AUG 6 1996

IN PAST 15 MINUTES...CONVECTION IS BACK BUILDING INTO NEBR ZN 80
AND KS ZN 1 ALONG FRONT ACRS ERN CO. THEREFORE...WILL NOT DROP
ANY ZONES IN WATCH AREA.

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KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ080-081-070400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
556 PM MDT (656 PM CDT) TUE AUG 6 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT)...

A LINE OF STRONG-TO-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO
THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOME OF
THE CELLS IN THIS LINE OF STORMS TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIZO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

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KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-070905-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1004 PM MDT (1104 PM CDT) TUE AUG 6 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM MDT
(4 AM CDT)...

THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH...WEATHER WATCH 929...REPLACES THE TORNADO
WATCH THAT WAS POSTED FOR EARLY THIS EVENING.

A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT IS ALIGNED ALONG A MCCOOK TO GOODLAND
LINE. STRONG-TO-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO BACK
BUILD TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS INTO HITCHCOCK
COUNTY NEBRASKA AND CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERE
WEATHER CONTINUES OVER RAWLINS AND STRONG STORMS CONTINUE
OVER RED WILLOW AND DECATUR COUNTIES.

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY
OVER THE WATCH AREA.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING ST>ORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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