1 strong 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 2, 1:56 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 256 PM MDT TUE MAY 2 2006 .DISCUSSION...FCST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE CENTER ON PCPN CHANCES TONIGHT THROUGH FRI AND TEMPS DURING THAT TIME. LATEST WV IMAGE INDICATES CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVR THE MT/CANADIAN BORDER. A SFC CLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO WRN NE WITH A DRY LINE IN WRN KS. AHEAD OF THIS DRYLINE...SFC DEWPOINTS HAVE JUMPED INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 50S. RUC ANALYSIS PLACES SOME INSTABILITY OVR THE CENTRAL AND ERN PRTNS OF THE CWA WITH SFC CAPES AOA 400-1000 J/KG. EXPECT TSTRMS TO BREAK OUT THIS EVENING WITH THE GREATEST THREAT TOWARD THE EASTERN 1/4 OF CWA. MAIN THREATS FOR SVR APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH HIGH LCL HEIGHTS. BEHIND THIS FRONT...A MUCH COOLER DAY IS IN STORE WED AND ESPECIALLY THU WHERE THE WINDS WL HAVE A GREATER UPSLOPE COMPONENT. KEPT A FEW LINGERING TRW IN THE EASTERN 1/4 OF CWA BUT THE MAJORITY OF WED APPEARS TO BE DRY. DID GO SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE MAV GUIDANCE WED AS FCSTED TEMPS WERE A TAD TOO COOL AND EXPECTING CLOUDS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING. A S/WV TROF WL DROP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THU. ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST LIFT APPEARS JUST NORTH OF THE AREA...BELIEVE THERE WL BE ENOUGH LIFT TO GENERATE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS. FOLLOWED THE MAV GUIDANCE ON THU AS THE MET IS WAY UNDER DOING TEMPS DESPITE DECENT CLOUD COVER WITH MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW. RESIDUAL SHOWERS WL LINGER ON FRI BEFORE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE SUPPRESSES ANY ADDITIONAL PCPN SAT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PACKAGE...GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER A BIT WITH THE GFS FCSTING MORE ZONAL FLOW. DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON MAKING ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED ATTM AND ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && CLK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1058 AM MDT TUE MAY 2 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1158 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 /1058 AM MDT TUE MAY 2 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO LEOTI KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA OF INSTABILITY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE MAINLY EAST OF A MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO LEOTI KANSAS LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES SOUTH OUT OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LOCKHART
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Locally gusty winds developed over northern Yuma County Colorado in the vicinity of virga and light rain showers. A pickup truck topper was blown off the vehicle 2 miles northeast of Alvin, near the Dundy county line.
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