Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1057 AM MDT (1157 AM CDT) WED OCT 8 1997

PRE-FRONTAL TROF INITIALLY SCOURING LOW LVLS OUT FROM EAST TO WEST
WITH BOUNDARY MOVING INTO INTO ERN COUNTIES OF CWA. GOOD
CYCLONICALLY CURVED JET ENTERING INTO AREA WITH AREAS NW OF A ITR/
GLD/MCK LINE BEING IN LEFT QUAD. ALSO...NEG TILTED MID LVL S/W
HANGING BACK OVER N CNTRL COLORADO TO SHEAR NEWD TODAY. WITH LOW
LVLS SCOURED OUT...EXPECT HIGH-BASED CONVECTION IN COLORADO TO
INCREASE AS THE DAY WEARS. FEEL WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH
ANY STRONGER T-STORMS WITH INVERTED-V ENVIROMENT BECOMING EVIDENT
OVER THE AREA. FCST UPDATED ACCORDINGLY FOR PCPN.

AS FOR WINDS...COLD FRONT SWINGING INTO NRN COLORADO AS THE MOMENT.
ALL AREAS TO BE SWLY IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40
MPH POSSIBLE AS GOOD MIXING BEHIND PRE-FRONTAL TROF OCCURS. GRADUAL
WWD SHIFT WILL OCCUR AS PAC FRONT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH.

MARTELLO

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1000 AM MDT (1100 AM CDT) WED OCT 8 1997

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SOUTH AND EAST OF A MCCOOK
NEBRASKA TO CHEYENNE WELLS LINE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

SYNOPSIS...

A SPRINGLIKE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
ORIENTED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.

DRY AIR AT MID LEVELS COMBINED WITH A STRONG JET STREAM CURVING OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...PLUS A DRY LINE AT THE SURFACE
WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO SUPPORT A LINE OF HIGH-BASED
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  HAIL OF DIME SIZE
TO QUARTER SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH
INITIALLY...AND THEN PICK UP SPEED AFTER 2 PM CDT (1 PM MDT).
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ALONG THE LINE ARE LIKELY TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH...AND POSSIBLY FASTER THAN THAT BY LATE AFTERNOON.

AFTER THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH CONDITIONS WILL STABILIZE QUICKLY AND
END THE THREAT FOR FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER.

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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

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