Hail in Kansas, August 21, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
243 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2007

.DISCUSSION...THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A TROUGH ACROSS
NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING CU DEVELOPING
ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS. WATER VAPOR INDICATES THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS
MOVING EAST INTO THE DAKOTAS.

UPPER FLOW THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE ZONAL. A TROUGH WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE FLOW ON FRIDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN FOLLOWED BY
HIGH PRESSURE ON FRIDAY.

THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS POPS.

A PERSISTENT TROUGH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. UPWARD VERTICAL
VELOCITIES INDICATE FORCING WILL BE AVAILABLE NEAR THE TROUGH EACH
AFTERNOON/NIGHT. A STEADY STREAM OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL HELP FIRE
STORMS ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS. POPS SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH DECREASING POPS ON FRIDAY WHEN MODELS ARE IN
AGREEMENT THAT THE FRONT SHOULD BE EXITING THE SOUTHERN ZONES.  SOME
UPSLOPE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL FURTHER ENHANCE LIFT FOR WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION. PLAN TO GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR EACH PERIOD AND THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON FRIDAY.

850MB TEMPERATURES INDICATE A TREND TOWARD COOLER TEMPERATURES ON
FRIDAY. OTHERWISE MORE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION THAN IN RECENT DAYS
SHOULD ALSO HELP REDUCE MAX TEMPERATURES TO THE LOWER 90S ON
WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE UPPER 80S ON THURSDAY. LOWER TO MID 80S WILL
BE A WELCOME CHANGE ON FRIDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL START IN THE
LOWER 60S WEST TO THE UPPER 60S EAST COOLING SLIGHTLY INTO THE UPPER
50S WEST TO THE MID 60S EAST BY THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN THE EXTENDED...A RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY AND
THEN SHIFT EAST ON MONDAY IN RESPONSE TO A LOW MOVING EAST ACROSS
CANADA. A SURFACE HIGH WILL BE PRESENT ON SATURDAY AND IS THEN
REPLACED BY LOW PRESSURE FOR THE PERIOD SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SUBSIDENCE AND LACK OF DYNAMICS WILL KEEP POPS NIL THROUGH MONDAY. A
SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY SO FOR NOW
WILL HANDLE THAT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
FROM THE MID 80S TO THE MID/UPPER 80S WITH SOME LOWER 90S IN THE
EAST. MIN TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S WEST TO THE
MID 60S EAST.

&&

.AVIATION...THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD WILL BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. KGLD AND KMCK COULD
SEE ISOLD TSRA THROUGH ABOUT 6Z. THESE STORMS WILL BE FORMING ALONG
A TROUGH. VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER SOME OF THE
STORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE REGION TOMORROW MORNING WHICH
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY
TO NORTHERLY.  IT WILL ALSO BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF STORMS...THOUGH
AT THIS TIME THE MAIN THREAT OF THESE STORMS LOOKS TO BE AFTER
18Z.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
&&

FJS/SFJ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 AM MDT TUE AUG 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-
1040 AM MDT TUE AUG 21 2007 /1140 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH
OF THE REGION. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG A TROUGH NEAR THE
COLORADO STATE LINE AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. IN ADDITION SOME LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A COLD FRONT SLIDES INTO THE REGION TOMORROW BRINGING A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME OF THE
STORMS TOMORROW AND THURSDAY MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE COLORADO STATE LINE.

JOHNSON/BULLER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
327 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2007

KSZ002-003-212215-
DECATUR-RAWLINS-
427 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND DECATUR
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ATWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 75.

THEDE