Hail in Colorado, July 4, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
201 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE CONVECTION AND SEVERE
POTENTIAL TONIGHT INCLUDING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH SOME OF
THE STORMS. THEN CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

18Z SURFACE MAP ANALYSIS SHOWED A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THEN EASTWARD ACROSS
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO OKLAHOMA. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE DAKOTAS WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN
WYOMING. IR AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHERN WYOMING MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD.

MODELS INITIALIZED WELL TODAY WITH POSITION OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO
OUR SOUTH AS WELL AS WITH PROGRESSION OF UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES IN
WEST NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW. WILL GO WITH THE NAM40 MODEL
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIODS SINCE IT HAS BEEN DOING BEST THE
PAST FEW DAYS WITH PROGRESSION OF UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES IN
ADDITION TO MOISTURE FIELDS AND INSTABILITY FIELDS.

FOR TONIGHT MODELS SHOW GOOD CONSISTENCY IN DEVELOPING AN MCS OVER
NORTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND MOVING THE SYSTEM
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH THE
GOODLAND CWA. GOOD 850-700 MB RH AND INSTABILITY ALONG WITH HIGH FORECAST
QPF VALUES INDICATE MOST OF THE AREA HAVING BEST CHANCES FOR
CONVECTION. HAVE INCLUDED MENTION THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE. WILL GO WITH 80 POPS SOUTHWEST TO 60 POPS
NORTHEAST. WILL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S WEST TO MIDDLE 60S EAST.

FOR TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT BEHIND TONIGHTS SYSTEM SHOULD SEE
SUBSIDENCE DURING MOST OF THE DAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. MODELS
SHOW NEXT WEAKER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH IN NORTHWEST
UPPER FLOW LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL EXPECT
CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO OUR WEST
AND THEN MOVE INTO OUR FORECAST AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE WILL
CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR EASTERN COLORADO AND THE BORDERING
KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ZONES. WILL EXPECT MORE CLOUDS AND
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 80S. THEN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING WITH 30 POPS NORTH TO 50 POPS
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.

FOR WEDNESDAY WILL SEE THE PATTERN OF THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS REPEAT
ITSELF ONCE MORE WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STILL WILL HAVE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT CHANCES FOR CONVECTION. WILL KEEP A BIT
LOWER POPS THAN PREVIOUS DAY IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. WILL
GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE LOWER
90S.

AS FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL KEEP ENTIRE PERIOD DRY AND NOT
PLANNING TO ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. GFS AND ECMWF MODELS STILL
ADVERTISE STRONG UPPER RIDGING TO BUILD OVER FORECAST AREA WITH
ATMOSPHERE DRYING OUT. WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 90S WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S.

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

&&

LAMMERS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1050 AM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051200-
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-
1050 AM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND
SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA. A COUPLE SURFACE BOUNDARIES JUST
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA WILL HELP FOCUS THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM WYOMING AND
COLORADO WILL ALSO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS. STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KIT CARSON TO
IDALIA TO BENKELMAN THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REST OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DUE TO THE INSTABILITY AND
FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE THROUGH THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT OVER
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OVER EASTERN COLORADO.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY WILL
BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FAVORS STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE
DAY AND THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS
AT NIGHT.

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FEATURES A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WITH
GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER NOON MDT (1 PM CDT).

DDT/BULLER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
131 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

COZ090-091-050300-
KIT CARSON-YUMA-
131 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 598 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 598 UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EASTERN
COLORADO.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS 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.

MEHLE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
231 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

COZ090>092-050300-
CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON-YUMA-
231 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 598 AND 600 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MDT FOR ALL OF EASTERN COLORADO...

THE WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF EASTERN COLORADO...
INCLUDING CHEYENNE COUNTY.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS 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.

JDK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
408 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-050500-
CHEYENNE KS-DECATUR-DUNDY-GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-HITCHCOCK-LOGAN-NORTON-
RAWLINS-RED WILLOW-SHERIDAN-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA-
408 PM MDT (508 PM CDT) MON JUL 4 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 601 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT
(12 PM CDT) FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

THE STORM PREDICTION HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 601
FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE
FROM 400 PM MDT (500 PM CDT) UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT).

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...
SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY...WICHITA.

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...RED WILLOW.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65
MPH...AND DANGEROUS 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.

FS