Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
203 PM MDT (303 PM CDT) SUN MAY 26 1996

MAIN PROBLEM FOR TODAY IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS
EVENING THAN SPEED OF CLEARING LATER IN THE PACKAGE.

CONVECTION BREAKING OUT QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS UPPER
LOW MOVES TOWARD AREA. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER WHERE SUN HAS BROKEN THROUGH ACROSS SOUTHERN FA AND WITH
SPEED OF MOVEMENT...STORMS MAY YET BE BORDERLINE SEVERE INTO CENTRAL
FA AS THEY MOVE OVER COLD DOME BEFORE WEAKENING INTO STRONG
CATAGORY. WILL MENTION SEVERE IN FORECAST FOR ALL BUT NRN ZONES.

WITH NORTHWEST FLOW AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE BEHIND LOW...WOULD EXPECT
DRYING PROCESS TO BE QUITE SLOW. FAVOR ETA SPEED AND TIMING GIVEN
ITS FARTHEST SOUTH POSITION WITH SURFACE LOW AND 850 TEMP
INITIALIZATION WHICH WAS COOLEST AND AGREES BEST WITH REALITY. WILL
KEEP MENTION OF SHOWERS INTO MONDAY EVENING...CENTRAL AND EAST.

GLD  47/62/41/69 +43  HLC 52/63/47/70  +53
CBK  49/63/44/70 +43  MCK 50/60/43/67  +53
TRB  49/68/45/77 +31  ITR 47/62/43/69  +41

BARKER

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1000 AM MDT (1100 AM CDT) SUN MAY 26 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

CHEYENNE CO   CHEYENNE KS   DECATUR KS     DUNDY NE        GOVE KS
GRAHAM KS     GREELEY KS    HITCHCOCK NE   KIT CARSON CO   LOGAN KS
NORTON KS     RAWLINS KS    RED WILLOW NE  SHERIDAN KS     SHERMAN KS
THOMAS KS     WALLACE KS    WICHITA KS     YUMA CO

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...MAINLY EAST OF A MCCOOK /
GOODLAND / TRIBUNE LINE.

SYNOPSIS: A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S.
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION TODAY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
AT MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE
STREAMING NORTHWESTWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO PRODUCE ANOTHER
ROUND OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE RAIN
FALLING ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS.

IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG BY
EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO...EXTREME WESTERN
KANSAS...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...THE STORMS SHOULD REACH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF
THE AREA...WHERE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS
GRAHAM...GOVE...AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES.

BARKERD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
131 PM MDT (231 PM CDT) SUN MAY 26 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE CO IN EASTERN
COLORADO AND GREELEY...WITCHA AND GOVE COUNTIES IN KANSAS...UNTIL 7
AM MDT (8 AM CDT)

AT PRESENT TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WATCH
AREA.  HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.  DUE TO THE GROUND ALREADY
BEING SATURATED THEIR IS A POSSIBILITY  OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING.  YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CONTAINED
IN SHORDT TERM FORECASTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

JENNER