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 23, 11:26 AM MST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1126 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 .DISCUSSION...ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ESPECIALLY FOR EASTERN ZONES DUE TO TIMING AND AMOUNT OF MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES A CATEGORY FOR MCCOOK AND HILL CITY AREAS INTO THE UPPER 50S. ALSO ADJUSTED HIGH AT TRIBUNE INTO THE LOWER 60S FOR SAME REASON. LATEST IR SATELLITE SHOWS MASS OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COVERING MUCH OF KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO AT THE MOMENT. ALSO MADE SLIGHT TIMING ADJUSTMENTS TO WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AS WELL AS RUC FORECAST WINDS STILL LOOK TO INCREASE SPEEDS INTO THE WINDY CATEGORY AT MOST LOCATIONS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && LAMMERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 426 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 526 AM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 /426 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL PUSH A FRONT AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEOTI TO COLBY TO TRENTON MAY SEE WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO ABOVE 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. DURING THE NIGHT...WIND SPEEDS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON SATURDAY...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. AS A RESULT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE NEAR SUNSET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BULLER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An intense surface pressure gradient resulted in strong northwest winds across much of eastern Colorado, northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Peak wind gusts of 55 to 70 mph were reported throughout the afternoon. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, December 2005
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