2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 1:21 PM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 221 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2001 PER WSR-88D IMAGERY AND SURFACE DATA...PREFRONTAL TROUGH IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE FIRST CHALLENGE WITH THIS PACKAGE IS WHETHER THE BOUNDARY WILL INITIATE CONVECTION AS IT MOVES INTO HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR. LATEST LAPS DATA INDICATE THAT THE MID LEVEL CAP IS WEAKENING. FURTHER...A WEAK MID LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CUMULUS FIELD ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. AS WAVE PROGRESSES EAST...MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL COOL JUST ENOUGH TO AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF AREA WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE NEAR 70 DEGREES. NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE THE IMPACT OF COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT PAST THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 16Z-18Z WEDNESDAY. WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH MODELS AGREE IN TIMING OF FRONT...THEY DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN HANDLING A VORTICITY MAXIMUM WHICH WILL MOVE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NGM IS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH QPF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AVN IS THE DRIEST. PREFER THE COMPROMISE ETA WHICH BRINGS RAIN TO THE AREA WHILE KEEPING QPFS REASONABLE. WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT MID LEVEL WINDS WILL NOT BE THAT STRONG WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH DIRECTIONAL SHEAR TO DEVELOP SOME STRONG CONVECTION. ETA VORTICITY GENERATION POTENTIAL LOOKS FAVORABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS TOO COOL TONIGHT ON THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...AND PROBABLY TOO COOL FOR THE OTHER PERIODS AS WELL. EVEN WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...THICKNESS VALUES AND MID LEVEL HEIGHTS DO NOT CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLY. OF COURSE...UPSLOPE FLOW WILL COOL THINGS A BIT...BUT WILL GENERALLY GO ABOVE GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...A TYPICAL SUMMER TIME PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS MID LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT SO CAP WILL AGAIN INHIBIT MUCH CONVECTION. .GLD...NONE. MENTZER
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind damage at local golf course with large tree branches down and uprooted evergreen.
The strong winds blew down 6 to 8 inch tree limbs all over town. Also, a semi truck was blown off Highway 27, five miles north of Saint Francis.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5261579, 5261578.