2 thunderstorm 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 22, 2:39 PM MST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 339 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TONIGHT THEN TEMPERATURES MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK. LATEST SURFACE MAP ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA TO NEAR GOODLAND AND THEN SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS POSITIONED OVER CENTRAL COLORADO. VIGOROUS TROUGH AND VORT MAX SEEN ON WATER VAPOR AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHWEST UTAH MOVING EASTWARD. CONVECTION ALREADY SEEN BREAKING OUT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO AND WILL SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO BY LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY THIS EVENING. MODELS INITIALIZED WELL THIS MORNING WITH REGARD TO POSITION AND SPEED OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO OUR WEST. NAM WAS LITTLE BETTER WITH THESE FEATURES AS WELL AS WITH MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE FIELDS. FOR TONIGHT EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TO OUR WEST AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. DYNAMICS ARE STRONGER WITH THE TROUGH AND VORT MAX TONIGHT SO WILL EXPECT STORMS TO PROCEED EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AS THE TROUGH AND VORT MAX APPROACHES OUT OF COLORADO. EXPECT LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT TO BE MILD IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO MIDDLE 60S. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS WESTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION WITH DEEPER UPPER LOW PASSING TO OUR NORTH. LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS SWEEP TO THE EAST OF OUR CWA THUS WILL GO WITH DRY CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A CONCERN WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED. HAVE DECIDED TO RAISE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MY EASTERN COLORADO ZONES FOR THE AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES DROP VERY LOW ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. WENT CLOSER TO MET TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 80S NORTHWEST TO LOWER 90S EAST. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 50S. AS FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST DID NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGES. KEPT DRY WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. DID RAISE HIGH TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEGREES ON FRIDAY FOR HIGHS AS RIDGING MAINTAINS CONTROL OVER OUR REGION WHILE TROUGH DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST BY NEXT WEEKEND. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ252-COZ253-COZ254. && LAMMERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...DELAYED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1050 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231300- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1150 AM CDT MON MAY 22 2006 /1050 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY THIS EVENING IN WESTERN PORTION OF THE TRI STATE AREA... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE TRI STATE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO LEOTI KANSAS LINE THIS EVENING. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT...BUT THUNDERSTORMS COULD PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHTNING BECOMING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RESULTED IN DRY AND BRITTLE FUELS. LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD POTENTIALLY START GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF THE TRI STATE AREA. JDK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
102 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 PM HAIL 17 S RULETON 39.09N 101.88W
05/21/2006 M2.75 INCH WALLACE KS PUBLIC
CRUSHED WINDSHIELDS AND CAUSED BODY DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
HEAVY DAMAGE TO A CAMPER. HAIL BROKE THROUGH ROOF OF
GARAGE.
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JDKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
131 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM HAIL 13 S RULETON 39.15N 101.88W
05/21/2006 E1.00 INCH SHERMAN KS PUBLIC
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JDKThe Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Weather station at a private residence measured a 73 mph wind gust.
Cooperative observer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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