2 hail, 1 thunderstorm 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 Jul 17, 12:00 PM MST, 9 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 100 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD AS SEEN ON KGLD WSR-88D. THE MOST RECENT TREND SUGGESTS THE FRONT IS NEARLY STATIONARY...WHICH THE 12Z NAM/RUC SUGGESTED. THEREFORE INCREASED POPS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND KEPT A POST FRONTAL MENTION TO CAPTURE ANYTHING THAT DRIFTS EAST/SOUTHEAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REMOVED ANY MORNING MENTION ON MONDAY AS FRONT/CLUSTER/MCS SHOULD EXIT THE REGION AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. BY AFTERNOON...MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW RETURNS AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST. KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ZONES AS INSTABILITY AXIS DEVELOPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON TUESDAY AS THE STRONG SHORT WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO CANADA. THE THERMAL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA WHICH SHOULD BEGIN THE START OF A HOT WEEK. AN ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORM APPEARS POSSIBLE ALONG THE DRY LINE...HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE WITH NO MENTION AT THIS TIME WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE. DAYS 4 THROUGH 7...MID/UPPER FLOW WEAKENS AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S/LOWER 100S ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL KEEP DEWPOINTS RELATIVELY HIGH MAKING IT QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES ON THURSDAY AND BEGINS TO FLATTEN AND MOVE EASTWARD ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST. RELUCTANT TO MAKE BIG ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES AT THIS POINT BUT SHOW A SUBTLE TREND DOWN BEGINNING FRIDAY AS HEIGHTS/THICKNESS DECREASE ONLY SLIGHTLY. BOTH ECMWF/GFS SUPPORT THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN BRIEFLY ON SATURDAY WITH A BOUNDARY ENTERING THE WEST/NORTHWEST. CONTINUED TO SHOW A SLIGHT DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES AND KEEP THE DRY FORECAST INTACT. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KS...NONE. .NE...NONE. .CO...NONE. && MCGUIRE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1035 AM MDT SUN JUL 17 2005 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-181200- 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- 1035 AM MDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA TODAY...PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT) ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...WHICH WILL ROUGHLY LIE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FLAGLER TO GOODLAND TO MCCOOK LINE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE FOR A FEW BRIEF TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LIE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SHARON SPRINGS TO NORTON LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A FRONT AS IT RETREATS BACK TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA. AT THIS TIME THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT). JRM
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree 12 feet tall with a 4-inch diameter trunk was blown down.
Dents in vehicle.
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, July 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: 5458147, 5458148, 5458149.