1 tornado, 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 Jun 3, 12:13 PM MST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 113 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 2006 .DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR INDICATES A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KGLD NEAR THE DRYLINE. MORE DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE CWA SO HAVE UPDATED ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && FS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1055 AM MDT SAT JUN 3 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-041415- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1055 AM CDT SAT JUN 3 2006 /400 AM MDT SAT JUN 3 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DRY LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA...AND THEN MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND EAST OF A LINE FROM TRENTON NEBRASKA TO HOXIE KANSAS. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY TODAY ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA TUESDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MENTZER/FS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 210 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 2006 KSZ027-032045- WALLACE- 210 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THEDE
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief touchdown over open fields. No known damage.
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