Winds gusted to 65 mph briefly behind a Pacific cold front which pushed through eastern Colorado before stalling near the Kansas border.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Winds gusted to 65 mph briefly behind a Pacific cold front which pushed through eastern Colorado before stalling near the Kansas border.
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 Mar 28, 12:18 PM MST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
118 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007
.DISCUSSION...
SPRAWLING UPPER LOW WILL DOMINATE THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD. IT
WILL BE A VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM. IN THAT REGARD THE GFS AND EC
WILL BE THE PREFERRED MODEL SOLUTIONS. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG/AHEAD OF PACIFIC FRONT.
VERY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF CLOSED LOW WILL SUPPORT LONG
LIVED CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...DEEP LAYER FLOW WILL BE NEARLY
PARALLEL TO SURFACE FRONT/EXPECTED STORM MOTION...SUGGESTING
TRAINING CELLS A POSSIBILITY. MODEL QPF THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
SUPPORTS WIDESPREAD 1 PLUS AMOUNTS IN EASTERN CWA...BUT LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH HOISTED TO
COVER THIS SCENARIO.
SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT UNDER THE DRY SLOT. IN FACT...IF EC AND GFS ARE RIGHT
DRY SLOT WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS SECONDARY VORT LOBE TRACKS
WELL SOUTH AND KEEPS THE AREA DRY. NONETHELESS...WILL CARRY SOME
SLIGHT AND LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT IN FAR WESTERN
AREAS WHERE WRAPAROUND PRECIP MAY MIGRATE OUT OF CENTRAL COLORADO.
BY SATURDAY SYSTEM WILL BE LIFTING OUT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH
DRY WESTERLY FLOW/SUBSIDENCE OVER THE AREA.
LONG TERM (SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY)...MODELS SHOW FAST ZONAL FLOW OVER
THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND DEPARTING UPPER SYSTEM. ONLY SHORTWAVE
TROUGH OF NOTE APPEARS TO STAY WELL NORTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. IT WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH WITH TEMPERATURES
COOLING FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTHER WEAK VORTICITY MAXES WILL BE
EJECTING OUT OF THE ROCKIES ON A REGULAR BASIS...BUT AT THIS POINT
THEY LOOK TO BE LACKING MOISTURE FOR PRECIPITATION. WILL FOLLOW HPC
GUIDANCE FOR ALL MAJOR WEATHER PARAMETERS THIS PERIOD.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029.
NE...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
NEZ079>081.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR NEZ080-081.
CO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ090>092.
&&
JDKHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1055 AM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-291300- 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 MDT WED MAR 28 2007 /1155 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WHICH WILL EXTEND ROUGHLY ALONG THE CO-KS BORDER BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BY 6 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND DEVELOP INTO A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY FOR ANY DISCRETE CELLS WHICH FORM. STORM MOTION WILL BE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. DESPITE THE FAST STORM MOTIONS... TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS THE LINE WILL SLOW ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION. THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL REDEVELOP AND IN TURN RE-ENERGIZE THE LINE OF STORMS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT (1 PM CDT) UNTIL 6 PM MDT (7 PM CDT). STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER NOON MDT AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BEHIND THE DRYLINE FALL TOWARD 20 PERCENT AND STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE BLOW ACROSS THE AREA. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY TYPE IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT). DDT/DLF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
432 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM HAIL IDALIA 39.70N 102.30W
03/28/2007 E0.88 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MWMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
440 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HAIL VERNON 39.93N 102.32W
03/28/2007 E1.75 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KJAMESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind equipment measured a 65 mph wind gust, non associated with any thunderstorm activity.
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