A strong cold front slid across western Kansas during the early morning hours, generating slow-moving thunderstorms. Heavy precipitation occurring over saturated ground resulted in flooded county roads and fields across Logan and Wichita counties.
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A strong cold front slid across western Kansas during the early morning hours, generating slow-moving thunderstorms. Heavy precipitation occurring over saturated ground resulted in flooded county roads and fields across Logan and Wichita counties.
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 Apr 22, 2:58 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 258 AM MDT SUN APR 22 2007 .DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM FORECAST CHALLENGES HINGE UPON THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS LIFTING INTO POSITION OVER WESTERN IOWA BY 00Z THIS EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE REGION IS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO POSITION OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE SURFACE AND UPPER LOW CENTER ARE SIMILARLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO CURRENTLY WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH DRYER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE LOW. THE STEEPER PRESSURE GRADIENT CURRENTLY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO...SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE DAY TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SPEEDS FLIRTING WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE EXPECTED TODAY. FEEL THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY ACROSS AND OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA...SO THE AREA OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL ALSO MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA WITH ANY ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION NOT REMAINING IN THE AREA OF THE STRONGEST GRADIENT AND WINDS FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY TYPE OF WIND HIGHLIGHT FOR NOW AS A RESULT. BRIEF SHORT WAVE RIDGING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT DROPS INTO THE SOUTHWEST U.S. THIS NEXT LOW FOLLOWS A TRACK ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION ON WEDNESDAY EVENING THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE LOW CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LINGERING INTO TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER BRIEF DRYING WITH A SHORT WAVE RIDGE ALOFT MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && LOCKHART
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 925 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 925 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 /1025 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI- STATE REGION MONDAY AHEAD OF AN INTENSIFYING UPPER LEVEL LOW ADVANCING FROM THE WEST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MCGUIRE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
323 AM MDT SUN APR 22 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 6 SW CLARKVILLE 40.32N 102.70W
04/21/2007 E2.00 INCH YUMA CO PUBLIC
0510 PM HAIL 3 NW JOES 39.68N 102.72W
04/21/2007 E0.88 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0510 PM HAIL 5 W CLARKVILLE 40.38N 102.71W
04/21/2007 E0.75 INCH YUMA CO PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
0523 PM HAIL 9 NNE KIT CARSON 38.88N 102.73W
04/21/2007 E0.75 INCH CHEYENNE CO CO-OP OBSERVER
0544 PM HAIL 20 S STRATTON 39.01N 102.60W
04/21/2007 E0.75 INCH CHEYENNE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
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MENTZERThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:57 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Many Logan county roads flooded and impassible from heavy rainfall overnight.
Water running over highway 25 about 150 feet wide.
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