Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
927 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 927 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

UPDATE ISSUED TO CANCEL FLOOD WATCH FOR AFFECTED AREAS...AND TO
DECREASE AREAL COVERAGE OF REMAINING RW/TRW ACTIVITY OVER THE
AREA. BULK OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS EITHER
LIFTED NORTH OF THE AREA OR DISSIPATED...LEAVING SCT/ISO CHANCES
FOR REST OF THE NIGHT BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. OVERALL PRECIP
SHOULD DISSIPATE FURTHER AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO HAVE LEFT IN MENTION
OF DRIZZLE AND FOG THRU TOMORROW MORNING.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 211 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY INDICATED BY RADAR OVER EASTERN COLORADO
SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE
EJECTS OUT OF THE UPPER LOW AND ACROSS THE FA. PLAN TO GO WITH
DEFINITE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WITH LIKELY AND CHANCE POPS.
THERE IS ENOUGH CAPE AND SHEAR TO PRODUCE SEVERE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS SHOULD DECREASE AROUND 06Z SUNDAY
AS THE SHORTWAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND DRY MID LEVELS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR AREAS OF FOG AND
DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE SKY SHOULD BECOME
PARTLY SUNNY BY MIDDAY ON MONDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE FA MONDAY AFTERNOON. PLAN TO GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SHEAR WILL BE LOWER SO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
IS LOWER AS WELL.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING DUE
TO ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA.

TORNADO WATCH 195 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO ZONES TIL
01Z.

MIN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL COOL TO THE LOWER TO MID 50S
TONIGHT. MAX TEMPERATURES MONDAY SHOULD WARM TO THE LOWER AND MID
70S.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 206 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

SUNDAY NIGHT...WHILE MAIN UPPER LOW CENTER WILL BE IN THE PROCESS
OF TRANSITIONING NORTH AND EAST OF THE CWA...A SECONDARY
SHORTWAVE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST AS LARGE
SCALE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL ROCKIES/PLAINS.
FALLING HEIGHTS WILL PEAK IN THE EVENING WITH INCREASE IN
ISENTROPIC ASCENT AND OMEGA PRIMARILY IN THE NW HALF OF THE CWA
DURING THE EVENING. FORCING AND MOISTURE ADVECTION REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE CWA. INITIALLY THERE IS
A WINDOW IN THE EVENING WHERE NAM SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY/SHEER
AXIS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...HOWEVER
THIS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON CLEARING EARLIER IN THE DAY. WILL
NEED TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIAL SET UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER SIMILAR TO
TODAY.

MONDAY-SATURDAY...AS LARGE SCALE UPPER LOW BREAKS DOWN A
PROGRESSIVE ZONAL PATTERN ESTABLISHES ITSELF ACROSS THE REGION
WITH SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVING OVER THE CWA. PWATS AND
DEWPOINTS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...THOUGH WITH PROGRESSIVE FLOW WE
MAY NOT BENEFIT FROM QUITE AS MUCH MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE
GULF WITH THESE SYSTEMS AND MODELS MAY BE OVERDONE WITH MOISTURE
FLUX DURING SOME PERIODS. WHILE FINER DETAILS ARE HARD TO PIN
DOWN...GUIDANCE SHOWS ENOUGH CONSISTENCY IN OVERLAPPING PRECIP
SIGNALS MOST PERIODS TO KEEP HIGHER POPS IN PLACE. VERY HIGH
ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS ADVERTISED MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND
AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. A QUESTION WOULD BE STRENGTH OF
CAP IN PLACE AND TIMING OF INITIATION. SHEER IS ALSO NOT AS ROBUST
AS THE LAST FEW DAYS...HOWEVER SEVERE THREAT WILL STILL BE THERE
CONSIDERING THE STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND INSTABILITY
ADVERTISED. GFS/ECMWF BOTH SHOW LESS INSTABILITY IN PLACE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH TO KEEP
THUNDERSTORM MENTION IN PLACE (THOUGH SHOWERS MAY BE FAVORED WITH
SOME OF THESE SHORTWAVES).

REGARDING TEMPERATURES...WHILE CONTINUING TO BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT
ON SKY COVER (AS IS USUALLY THE CASE) THERE SHOULD BE A GENERAL
WARMING TREND WITH NEAR NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS IN THE
70S/LOWER 80S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MODEL CONSENSUS
FAVORING BLOW NORMAL TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S BY
FRIDAY/SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 524 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

VFR CONDITIONS AT 00Z SUNDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO A MVFR/IFR/LIFR MIX
AS SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND FOG DEVELOP AND MOVE THRU THE
REGION. THIS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE LIFTING TO
MVFR/VFR. CEILINGS WILL RANGE FROM OVC025 DOWN TO OVC003-007 WITH
VISIBILITY RANGING FROM 2-5SM. AFTER RAINFALL ENDS BY
05Z...EXPECTING DRIZZLE AND FOG TO BE MAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS.
WINDS (SSE FOR KGLD/ESE FOR KMCK) 5-15KTS WITH GUSTS 20-25KTS
THRU 04Z SUNDAY.

&&

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

UPDATE...JN
SHORT TERM...FS
LONG TERM...DR
AVIATION...JN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
929 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250330-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
929 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND LARGER ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

AREAS OF FOG WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE SUNDAY MORNING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH.

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 25.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
538 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ091-240015-
KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-
538 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

AT 538 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF BETHUNE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURLINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3957 10248 3957 10209 3929 10230 3936 10251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 201DEG 17KT 3940 10238

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
542 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ092-KSZ027-240030-
CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-WALLACE KS-
542 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHWESTERN
WALLACE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

AT 542 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES EAST OF KIT CARSON
TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS TO 12 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN
LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...FIRSTVIEW AND ARAPAHOE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 169.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3873 10241 3881 10260 3905 10232 3905 10202
      3870 10203 3870 10205 3862 10205 3861 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 238DEG 22KT 3882 10245 3878 10233 3864 10225

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
553 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

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

0543 PM     HAIL             ARAPAHOE                38.85N 102.17W
05/23/2015  E0.88 INCH       CHEYENNE           CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BWARREN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
554 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ090-091-240030-
YUMA COUNTY CO-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-
554 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA AND
NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

AT 554 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HALE...IDALIA...BEECHER ISLAND AND BONNY RESERVOIR.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201 AND 231.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3990 10205 3962 10205 3946 10206 3948 10233
      3991 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 184DEG 32KT 3953 10221

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
613 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ091-092-KSZ001-013-027-041-240100-
KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-WALLACE KS-GREELEY KS-
CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN KS-
613 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE...EASTERN KIT
CARSON...NORTHERN GREELEY...WESTERN SHERMAN...WALLACE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/...

AT 613 PM MDT /713 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
KANORADO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WESKAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOODLAND...ST. FRANCIS...SHARON SPRINGS...KANORADO...RULETON...WESKAN
AND WHEELER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 20.
 INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 450.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/ FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3862 10208 3957 10214 3957 10205
      3968 10205 3984 10170 3862 10161 3842 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 224DEG 25KT 3953 10210 3871 10202

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1055 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ092-240530-
CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-
1055 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 PM MDT...

AT 1055 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF CHIVINGTON...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE
WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEYENNE WELLS AND FIRSTVIEW.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 148.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3890 10257 3873 10211 3861 10229 3861 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 220DEG 28KT 3859 10254

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