1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 5, 11:31 AM MST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1131 AM MST MON DEC 5 2005 .UPDATE...FIRST PERIOD UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY TO INCREASE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES/ADJUST WINDS AND OTHER VARIOUS PARAMETERS. AT 18Z TEMPERATURES OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA HAD RISEN ABOVE FREEZING WITH A WARMER WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND. LATEST RUC/LAMP GUIDANCE HAS A HANDLE ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND HAVE BLENDED THEM FOR THE UPDATE TO INCLUDE LOW 30S NORTH...MID 30S CENTRAL...AND AROUND 40 FAR SOUTHERN ZONES. SURFACE LOW AND UPPER LEVEL VORT MAX ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY 00Z. FORECAST TROUBLESPOT HERE IS WINDS AND POPS. EXPECT A WIND SHIFT ANYTIME TO THE NORTHWEST WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE AREA. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AROUND THE 850-700 LAYER RH OF >75%. USING THIS AS A THRESHOLD SUGGESTS HIGHER POPS TO REMAIN IN NEBRASKA WITH FLURRIES ACROSS OUR NEBRASKA COUNTIES. HAVE UPPED FLURRIES TO SCATTERED VS ISOLATED AND WILL REMAIN WATCHFUL FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO SNOW SHOWERS A BIT LATER. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WERE FOR DEWPOINTS/CLOUDS/ETC. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && DDT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 440 AM MST MON DEC 5 2005 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061430- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 540 AM CST MON DEC 5 2005 /440 AM MST MON DEC 5 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA TUESDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE THE LOW TO MIDDLE TEENS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM A FEW DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE ZERO. WIND CHILL READINGS COULD FEEL AS COLD AS 15 BELOW ZERO. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD VARY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. FS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong gradient winds occurred throughout northwest Kansas during the day with numerous gusts to 45 and 50 mph. The strongest wind reported occurred at Norton when a gust of 61 mph was reported at 2:10 pm MST (3:10 pm CST).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, December 2005
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: 5484891.