Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1150 AM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDING
FROM THE PIKES PEAK REGION INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. TRAINING CELLS
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY INTO AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER THREE INCHES
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS INDICATE A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING. WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR RAWLINS AND
DECATUR COUNTIES.

.GLD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR RAWLINS AND DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL
1 AM CDT.

SVEN

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1050 AM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001

HERE IS THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN COLORADO.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH
OF A YUMA COLORADO / GOODLAND KANSAS / QUINTER KANSAS LINE.

ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE A LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS...AND WITH THE RAIN EXPECTED TO FALL ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOME
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.  RAINFALL REPORTS IN EXCESS OF THREE
INCHES OR OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE
APPRECIATED.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT...SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF A YUMA
COLORADO / GOODLAND KANSAS / HILL CITY KANSAS LINE BY MIDDLE
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH...THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY -OF AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IN THIS AREA...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT.

BARKER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1212 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO AND ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 5 PM MDT (6 PM
CDT)...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT (6 PM CDT)...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE. IN
NORTHWEST KANSAS...THE COUNTIES OF CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...
NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...
GOVE...GREELEY...AND WICHITA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  IF
OUTSIDE...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

BARKER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
106 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1245 PM    14 N ARAPAHOE             CO   FUNNEL CLOUD
05/29/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

1250 PM    14 N ARAPAHOE             CO   1 INCH HAIL
05/29/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

1255 PM    FIRSTVIEW                 CO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0100 PM    14 N ARAPAHOE             CO   1 INCH HAIL
05/29/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.