2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 22, 1:26 PM MST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 226 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2002 FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AS WELL AS CLOUD COVER AND RESULTING TEMPERATURES. 18Z SURFACE MAPS ANALYSIS SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM NEAR HILL CITY TO NORTH OF TRIBUNE. A WEAK SURFACE LOW WAS CENTERED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. IR AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. LAPS DATA ALSO INDICATED A 55KT JET MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA AT THE PRESENT TIME. IR AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST. MODELS INITIALIZED WELL THIS MORNING WITH RESPECT TO THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS WITH UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES MOVING NORTHEAST IN UPPER FLOW. WILL GO WITH ETA AS THE MODEL OF CHOICE DUE TO ITS PAST PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS WITH GOOD JOB WITH STRENGTH AND TIMING OF SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. FOR TONIGHT FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIES ACROSS OUR EAST AND SOUTH. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHWEST COLORADO WILL MOVE ACROSS REGION OVERNIGHT. WITH GOOD AMOUNT OF LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE COINCIDING WITH FAVORABLE DYNAMICS WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. 700 MB TEMPERATURES ARE 1 TO 2 DEGREES COOLER AS WELL. WILL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS MAINLY ON THE LOWER 60S. FOR FRIDAY THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH LEAVES THE ROCKIES AND MOVES INTO EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH AMPLE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WITH WHICH TO WORK AND ASSOCIATED UPPER DYNAMICS LOOKS LIKE BETTER CHANCE FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION. WILL CARRY 50 POPS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH WITH 80S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND LOWER 60S FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS BOUNDARIES INTERACT WITH ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL CARRY HIGH TEMPERATURE SATURDAY IN THE 80S AGAIN WITH LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE 60S. WILL CARRY 20 TO 30 POPS ALSO INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR SUNDAY DRYING TAKES PLACE SOMEWHAT AT LOW AND MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WILL CARRY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S. AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS WILL ALSO AFFECT TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT. FOR THE DAY 4-7 (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) PERIOD LOOKING AT THE LAST TWO RUNS OF MRF INDICATE GOOD CONTINUITY WITH MOVING THE UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST CONUS TO OUR EAST BY LATE MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF INHERITED EXTENDED FORECAST WITH MOSTLY DRY BEFORE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WITH LITTLE MORE MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY SO WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS FOR THEN. FOR THURSDAY WILL CARRY PARTLY SUNNY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S. .GLD...NONE. LAMMERS
NEZ081-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 341 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #628 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE TRI-STATE AREA EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 440 PM CDT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT: IN NEBRASKA...RED WILLOW HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH... AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. DDT
NEZ081-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 900 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2002 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA...INCLUDING RED WILLOW COUNTY...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE AREA LATER TONIGHT BUT NONE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. RJC
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:03 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
18 inch diameter tree down. Steel windmill blown over.
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: 5313260, 5313259, 5313321.