Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Goodland, KS

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WWUS53 KGLD 042154
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
454 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSC063-065-179-042215-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120904T2215Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS-
454 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAHAM...
NORTHEASTERN GOVE AND EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
QUINTER...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAINT PETER...MORLAND...PENOKEE...HILL CITY AND BOGUE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 113.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3899 10043 3953 10035 3953 9961 3913 9962
      3913 10014 3898 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 269DEG 27KT 3907 10014
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$

BULLER

695 
WWUS53 KGLD 042159
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
459 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSC063-065-179-042215-
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SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS-
459 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAHAM...
NORTHEASTERN GOVE AND EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COLLYER...OR 5 MILES EAST OF QUINTER...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 448 PM CDT...AN AUTOMATED OBSERVING STATION 
MEASURED A 64 MPH GUST IN QUINTER WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAINT PETER...MORLAND...PENOKEE...HILL CITY AND BOGUE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 113.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3899 10043 3953 10035 3953 9961 3913 9962
      3913 10014 3898 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 269DEG 27KT 3907 10011
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$

BULLER

849 
WWUS53 KGLD 042214
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
414 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS-
514 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRAHAM...NORTHEASTERN GOVE AND
EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT/515 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...A LOT OF SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY 
RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.

LAT...LON 3899 10043 3953 10035 3953 9961 3913 9962
      3913 10014 3898 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 269DEG 27KT 3907 9995
$$

BULLER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
135 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 128 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

INSTABILITY AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE AN
AREA OF ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY
OF THE CONVERGENT AREA NEAR A DRYLINE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. EXPECT ONLY SOME GUSTY WINDS AND A TRACE TO A
COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF MOISTURE WITH ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 1130 AM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

EXPECT A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVE MOVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND
ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SOME MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY IS
ALREADY SHOWING UP IN A MOIST LAYER ALOFT AS THERE IS MINIMAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA ALREADY...BUT IT IS VERY HIGH BASED. WITH
HIGHER DEWPOINTS REMAINING TO THE SOUTH AND DRYER AIR EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...HAVE KEPT A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
WHERE THE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RESIDES WITH CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

EXPECT TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER ON WEDNESDAY THAN ON
TUESDAY AS A COOLER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS
STATES.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1250 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

WEDNESDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY...FORECAST AREA TO REMAIN UNDER NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD. SFC HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A SFC TROUGH OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. AN UPPER
WAVE WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL MOVE THROUGH AFTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT BRINGING A COLD FRONT AND BREEZY TO WINDY
NORTH WINDS WITH IT. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.

STILL NOT TERRIBLY IMPRESSED WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES THURSDAY AND
HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN 2/3 OF THE AREA.
MAY SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE SFC
TROUGH WHICH WOULD BE GENERALLY EAST OF THE CO/KS BORDER. BEST
CHANCE OF PRECIP ACROSS THE AREA STILL SEEMS TO BE FRIDAY WITH THE
APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED WAVE AND COLD FRONT.

LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 50S
TO LOW 60S. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S FALLING
INTO THE 70S FRIDAY.

FRIDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY...UPPER RIDGE TO SLOWLY MOVE OVER THE AREA FROM
THE WEST THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE FLATTENING A BIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AS A WEATHER SYSTEM SKIRTS ACROSS THE US/CANADIAN BORDER. LOOKS TO
BE DRY THROUGH MONDAY. MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES SLOWLY
INCREASE TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES START THE PERIOD IN THE
70S...WARMING INTO THE 80S SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES
COOLEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LOW 50S...RISING INTO
THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1130 AM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION. AM NOT CONFIDENT INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WILL MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE TAF SITES...SO HAVE NOT INCLUDED THEM
IN THE KMCK OR KGLD TAFS. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLACKEN AFTER SUNSET AND BECOME LIGHT.
AFTER ABOUT 08Z...WINDS WILL TURN NORTH NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY AS
A COOL FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

UPDATE...LOCKHART
SHORT TERM...LOCKHART
LONG TERM...99
AVIATION...LOCKHART

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1057 AM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051645-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1057 AM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012 /1157 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FROM 3 PM MDT
TO 9 PM MDT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLAGLER COLORADO TO HILL CITY
KANSAS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW
STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
138 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSZ013-042000-
SHERMAN-
138 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 135 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOODLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS TO 55 MPH AND BLOWING DUST ARE ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3953 10144 3931 10139 3926 10185 3943 10190
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 253DEG 30KT 3937 10175

THEDE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
216 PM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

KSZ014-015-028-029-042100-
GOVE-LOGAN-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-
316 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...SHERIDAN
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF LEVANT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING
AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3928 10059 3901 10072 3920 10137 3945 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 291DEG 26KT 3929 10119

BULLER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
309 PM MDT TUE SEP 04 2012

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

0304 PM     TSTM WND GST     ANGELUS                 39.19N 100.69W
09/04/2012  M78 MPH          SHERIDAN           KS   MESONET

            ALSO DIME SIZED HAIL

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