During the afternoon hours, a line of thunderstorms developed over northeast Colorado producing a brief landspout tornado 3 miles northwest of Yuma. This line of storms went on to produce wind gusts approaching 60 mph in northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska.
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During the afternoon hours, a line of thunderstorms developed over northeast Colorado producing a brief landspout tornado 3 miles northwest of Yuma. This line of storms went on to produce wind gusts approaching 60 mph in northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska.
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 Jun 26, 1:10 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 210 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TONIGHT-SUNDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN ITS WAKE FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES INTO NORTH DAKOTA. ON SATURDAY THIS UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND A NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND REMAINING OVER THE AREA. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH WILL EXPAND THEN SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST ALLOWING A LARGE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED WEST OF THE DIVIDE TO SLOWLY EXPAND EASTWARD. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL BE TRICKY AND DEPENDENT ON FRONTAL TIMING. HAVE GONE WITH MID 80S ACROSS THE NORTH TO MID 90S ACROSS THE SOUTH. FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY A COOLING TREND WITH READINGS GENERALLY IN THE 80S BOTH DAYS. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT NIGHT AS SOUTHEAST COLORADO WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SHORTLY AFTER 06Z ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA AS SUBSIDENCE AND DECREASING MOISTURE MOVE IN SO HAVE REMOVED THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS TIMEFRAME AS A RESULT. MAY SEE SOME LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY BY 18Z TOMORROW MORNING EITHER OVER THE FAR SOUTH WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED BUT BETTER MOISTURE IS FARTHER NORTH OR ACROSS THE FAR NORTH WHERE BETTER MOISTURE IS LOCATED BUT CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY IS LESS. BY AFTERNOON MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INCREASING JET DYNAMICS ALONG WITH WEAKEST INHIBITION POINT TO AREAS ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE CHEYENNE RIDGE AND PALMER DIVIDE. WITH 0-6KM WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST A FEW OF THESE TERRAIN DRIVEN STORMS MAY MOVE A BIT FURTHER EAST. WITH WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 03Z OR SO AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST. SHOULD SEE ISOLATED STORMS AGAIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE PALMER DIVIDE WHERE INHIBITION IS LOWEST. BY MIDNIGHT THIS ACTIVITY WILL HAVE DISSIPATED. FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIODS...GOOD AGREEMENT ON UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE/850 THERMAL RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND HIGH PLAINS WITH UPPER TROUGHS BOTH NEAR THE WEST COAST AND OVER THE GREAT LAKES/NORTHEAST. NOT PROMISING FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES ON MONDAY AS BEST INSTABILITY TO OUR WEST AND 0-6KM STORM MOTIONS SHOW A NORTHEAST COMPONENT SUGGESTING STORMS NOT MOVING INTO THE AREA. FOR TUESDAY A BIT BETTER CHANCE AS SOME MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE AREA AND SOME WEAK CONVERGENCE DEVELOPS ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE CO/KS BORDER. 0-6KM WINDS ARE FROM THE SOUTH SO AT LEAST STORMS COULD/SHOULD MOVE INTO THE AREA IF THEY DONT DEVELOP ALONG THE TROUGH. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 90 MONDAY TO THE MID AND UPPER 90S BY WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY LOOKS RATHER WARM TOO WITH READINGS IN THE MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 90S IF GFS 850 TEMPERATURES VERIFY. IN FACT...TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS POSSIBLE ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER. WONT GO QUITE THAT HIGH AT THIS POINT HOWEVER. DDT && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD. WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH PEAK HEATING...ALTHOUGH UNCERTAIN IF THEY WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT A TAF SITE. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND GUSTY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 24 && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && WFO GOODLAND
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1003 AM MDT THU JUN 26 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-271430- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1003 AM MDT THU JUN 26 2008 /1103 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE STORMS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 25 INCLUDING EASTERN COLORADO. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. QUARTER SIZED HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH A CONTINUED ISOLATED WIND AND SMALL HAIL THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DLF/JDK
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Yuma Police department reported a landspout tornado 3 miles northwest of town. This tornado occurred for one minute and caused no damage.
A wind gust of 51 knots was recorded at the Burlington ASOS.
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