Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
511 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

.DISCUSSION...
200 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

THICK STRATUS DECK IS CONTINUING TO ERODE OVER THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE EAST AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. GULF MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE WITH LOWER 60S
OVER THE CO/KS BORDER AND MIDDLE 60S NEAR HILL CITY WITH MORE
MOISTURE ADVECTING TO THE HIGH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE AND ACROSS SERN COLORADO AND EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO STRENGTHEN AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

KGLD SOUNDING AND HODOGRAPHS BOTH INDICATED A STRONGLY UNSTABLE
DAY WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES REACHING NEARLY 2800 J/KG.
0-1KM SRH VALUES REACH OVER 100 M2/S2 AND 0-3KM APPROACHES OVER
250 M2/S2. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP WITH
THE POSSIBILITY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW
TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BEGIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET. AFTERWORD...IT LOOKS AS ANOTHER MCS WILL
DEVELOP AS THE LLJ INCREASES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL AGAIN BE
POSSIBLE AS IT PROPAGATES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AREAS THAT HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS MAY
EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN THE WAKE OF THE MCS...ENOUGH
RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP THROUGH
MID MORNING MONDAY.

MONDAY LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER REPEAT OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AS
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINS IN PLACE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN
DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS.

PATTERN BEGINS TO CHANGE TUESDAY AS PACNW TROUGH DIGS SOUTH TOWARD
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AMPLIFIES
PUTTING AND END TO THE IMPULSES RIDING OVER THE ROCKIES CAUSING
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE UPPER 80S BY MID WEEK AND INTO THE 90S TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK.

BURTIS
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.AVIATION...
511 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

FOR 00Z TAFS...AVIATION CONCERNS INCLUDE CONVECTION TONIGHT AND LOW
STRATUS/FOG DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING
PERIOD. SIGNS THAT AN MCS WAS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON...AND GIVEN VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF IT IN
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA IT SHOULD EASILY BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE LOCAL
AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG/AHEAD OF THE LINE OF
STORMS...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL UNDER STRONGER PRECIPITATION CORES.
NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD KEEP A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z...FOLLOWED BY LOW STRATUS DECK AND FOG INTO
MONDAY MORNING.

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.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1034 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-151215-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1034 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 /1134 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER
3 PM CDT (2 PM MDT). LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF GOLF BALL
SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING.

AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT...LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS MAY
EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER REMAINS LOW TUESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JRM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

COZ091-150145-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
652 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 652 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLAGLER...AND MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

BULLER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
818 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     HAIL             7 NW BURLINGTON         39.38N 102.36W
06/14/2009  E0.88 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

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MENTZER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
825 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0817 PM     HAIL             3 NW BURLINGTON         39.34N 102.31W
06/14/2009  E1.50 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

            MOSTLY DIME SIZED HAIL WITH A FEW PING PONG BALL SIZED
            STONES

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MENTZER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
951 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 PM     HAIL             7 NE EDSON              39.40N 101.45W
06/14/2009  E1.00 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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MENTZER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1002 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     HAIL             4 N LEBANON             40.11N 100.28W
06/14/2009  E1.00 INCH       RED WILLOW         NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1006 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             11 NE GOODLAND          39.46N 101.56W
06/14/2009  E1.00 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO RECEIVED 2.26 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES

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