1 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 May 30, 1:30 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 230 PM MDT SUN MAY 30 2004 .DISCUSSION...THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE RATHER ACCENTUATED 500 MB TROUGH...AS NOTED ON VISIBLE SAT...RADAR AND UPPER AIR ANALYSES...APPEARS TO BE PASSING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A CLOSED -25C ISOTHERM COLD CORE...CENTERED THIS AM OVER RIVERTON WY...IS PASSING OVER AND INCREASING LAPSE RATES TO THE POINT THAT A FEW SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE/ARE OCCURRING IN THE AREA. HERE AT GLD WE HAVE JUST MEASURED (0.01). EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE PAST BY 00Z AND STABILITY WILL BEGIN TO RETURN. FOR THIS REASON DO NOT INTEND TO PLACE PRECIP IN THE EVENING FORECAST AT THIS TIME...WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF SPRINKLES IN THE NORTH FOR THE EARLY EVENING. BY DAWN EXPECT SKIES TO BE CLEARING AND NORTHWEST WIND TO DROP TO LIGHT WEST. WILL GO WITH OR SLIGHTLY BELOW GUIDANCE ON TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WITH LOWS FROM THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA MON AS SKIES CLEAR MORE WITH NORTHWEST MODERATE WINDS AND HIGHS IN THE 70S...SHOULD BE A NICE MEMORIAL DAY. UNDER A WEAK SURFACE HIGH...LIGHT WINDS AND A MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHT MON NIGHT SHOULD HAVE LOW TEMPERATURES MUCH LIKE TONIGHT. TUE TEMPS RISE SLIGHTLY BUT REMAIN BELOW NORMAL AND CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY. A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT APPEARS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TUE OR EARLY WED AS THE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SOME CLOUDINESS MOVES IN BUT SEE NO PRECIP AT THIS TIME. WED TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH LIKE TUE. THU RIDGE MOVES FURTHER OVER WITH RISING TEMPERAUTURES. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRAS THU PM AND FRI PM. MORE RIDGING AND WARMING SAT AND SUN WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS DOMINATING. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && RJC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1019 AM MDT SUN MAY 30 2004 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311200- CHEYENNE KS-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-DECATUR KS-DUNDY NE-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS- GREELEY KS-HITCHCOCK NE-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-LOGAN KS-NORTON KS- RAWLINS KS-RED WILLOW NE-SHERIDAN KS-SHERMAN KS-THOMAS KS-WALLACE KS- WICHITA KS-YUMA COUNTY CO- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO THUNDERSTORMS OR RELATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS IS EXTREME DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTSIDE BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN AREAS WITH EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
121 PM MDT SUN MAY 30 2004
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0530 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 7 NNW ATWOOD 39.90N 101.09W
05/29/2004 RAWLINS KS PUBLIC
24 INCH DIAMETER GREEN TREE WAS SNAPPED OFF 1 FOOT ABOVE
THE GROUND. TREE WAS 35 FEET TALL.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 14 NW ST. FRANCIS 39.91N 101.99W
05/29/2004 CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
4.5 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN
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JOHNSONThe Grand Island radar (KUEX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Blowing dirt reduced visibility causing a three-car accident on highway 36 resulting in three injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 2004
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: 5403294.