1 high 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 Aug 20, 10:00 AM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1100 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002 17Z TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY IN THE MID/UPPER 80S AND WITH PROGGED 00Z 850 MB TEMPERATURES...HAVE UPDATED THE ZONES AND INCREASED HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS SUPPORT 20-30 MPH WINDS. SFC-850 MB/850-700 MB THETA-E MAXIMUM MOVES FROM ERN CO AT 00Z TO WRN KS BY 06Z. WITH A PASSING SHORTWAVE TROUGH...ADEQUATE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. .GLD...NONE. RUBIN
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-202200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1037 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002 HERE IS THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND FAR EASTERN COLORADO. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION TODAY. MEANWHILE...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO...PRODUCING BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND TRANSPORTING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DUE TO ADQUATE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR. SEVERE WEATHER THREATS INCLUDE HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
COZ090>092-NEZ079-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 100 PM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 622. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN COLORADO...YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. IN NEBRASKA...DUNDY COUNTY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gradient winds gusted to 68 mph reported in Bird City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2002
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: 5313322.