Kansas, 2008

Hail in Kansas, April 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours across eastern Colorado, resulting in the first severe thunderstorm events of 2008 in the Goodland County Warning Area. Hail diameters of nickel to golf ball size were reported.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.

Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours across eastern Colorado, resulting in the first severe thunderstorm events of 2008 in the Goodland County Warning Area. Hail diameters of nickel to golf ball size were reported.

What forecasters said that day

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 23, 1:58 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 1:58 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
258 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

.DISCUSSION...
148 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW IS BRINGING DEWPOINTS
IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S. A DRYLINE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE IS
BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST INTO THE PLAINS. CONVECTION FIRING UP OVER
SOUTHEAST COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND MOVE INTO THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WITH HIGH
CAPE VALUES AND SHEAR THAT IS INCREASING THROUGH THE
EVENING...THERE WILL A POSSIBILITY OF SOME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING. THESE STORMS WILL PROPAGATE TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE TRI-STATE REGION...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER SHORT
WAVE TROUGH LIFTS OUT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER COUPLE SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION THURSDAY EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER
SOUTHWEST FLOW TRANSITIONS INTO NORTHWEST FLOW. AS A
RESULT...THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW
EVENING WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING. DO NOT CURRENTLY
HAVE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST ON SATURDAY EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES ARE COOL AND MOISTURE IS MORE LIMITED.

EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE
70S AGAIN DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE AMPLIFYING
RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. MOVES OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH
PLAINS.

LOCKHART
&&

.AVIATION...
525 AM MDT WED APR 23 2008

CONDITIONS AT THE KGLD TAF SITE WILL BE VFR FOR THE REMAINDER OF
TODAY WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN LOWER CEILINGS DEVELOPING AFTER 03Z
AND PERSISTING THROUGH 12Z. CONDITIONS AT THE KMCK TAF SITE WILL
REMAIN MVFR THROUGH 12Z...IMPROVING AFTER 15Z. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO
20 MPH WILL GUST TO 30 MPH BEFORE DECREASING AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. THERE
IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
BETWEEN 21 AND 03Z...DIMINISHING AFTER 06Z.

LOCKHART
&&

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

WFO GOODLAND
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 9:37 AM MST, 6 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1037 AM MDT WED APR 23 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241545-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1037 AM MDT WED APR 23 2008 /1137 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF HIGHWAY 27 BY
THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH STRONGER
STORMS. BY LATE AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED DRYLINE SITUATED IN COLORADO
NEAR LIMON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE TOWARD THE COLORADO-KANSAS
BORDER EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP IN THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTH OF A KIRK COLORADO TO
OAKLEY KANSAS LINE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM MDT ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO AND EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 2:49 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
349 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

KSZ004-232215-
NORTON-
449 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF REAGER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 31
MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

JRM
Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:58 PM MST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
358 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  1 E EDSON               39.33N 101.52W
04/23/2008  E0 MPH           SHERMAN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIRT REDUCING VISIBLITY TO 1/8 OF A MILE DUE TO HIGH
            WINDS ALONG I-70 NEAR MILE POST 28.

&&

KBURTIS
Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:04 PM MST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
404 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0404 PM     HAIL             3 N STRATTON            39.35N 102.60W
04/23/2008  E0.88 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

&&

BLM
Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:09 PM MST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
409 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  1 E EDSON               39.33N 101.52W
04/23/2008  E50.00 MPH       SHERMAN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIRT REDUCING VISIBLITY TO 1/8 OF A MILE DUE TO HIGH
            WINDS ALONG I-70 NEAR MILE POST 28.

&&

KBURTIS
Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:45 PM MST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
445 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG GOODLAND                39.35N 101.71W
04/23/2008                   SHERMAN            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 TREE BLOWN DOWN ON CHERRY STREET.

&&

KBURTIS
Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:46 PM MST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
446 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0429 PM     HAIL             6 E KIRK                39.62N 102.49W
04/23/2008  E1.50 INCH       YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BLM

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:53 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wallace

When
April 23, 3:55 PM MST
Where
Wallace County, 10 mi SSW of Weskan
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
38.736, -102.041

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 85129.