Several rounds of severe weather developed across eastern Colorado and northwest Kansas starting around daybreak and continuing into early afternoon. Hail up to two and a half inches in diameter and several weak tornadoes occurred.
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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.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Several rounds of severe weather developed across eastern Colorado and northwest Kansas starting around daybreak and continuing into early afternoon. Hail up to two and a half inches in diameter and several weak tornadoes occurred.
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 5, 1:17 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 217 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 .DISCUSSION... 217 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 DEEP H5 TROUGH OVER SOUTHERN UTAH WAS DIGGING EAST/SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY 18Z BEFORE LIFTING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY 00Z. SOME CONCERN THAT THE SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE LIFTING THIS TROUGH OUT TO RAPIDLY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS H3 JET WOULD INDICATE MORE DIGGING WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY 00Z HEIGHT FALL MAXIMUM AT KFGZ AND BROAD AREA OF H5 HEIGHT RISES ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/GREAT LAKES AREAS. A SLOWER SOLUTION COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON OR A NEAR MISS WITH THE PRIMARY FOCUS EAST/NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. WITH SUCH GOOD AGREEMENT WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE SUITE OF 00Z MODELS WHICH WILL KEEP THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN ZONES/OR IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE TRI-STATE AREA WHERE SHEAR/BUOYANCY WILL BE MAXIMIZED. FURTHER WEST...THE STEEPEST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL EXIST PRIOR TO 00Z WITH ANY LINGERING SHOWERS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND OR BEFORE 06Z. DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN YUMA/NORTHWEST DUNDY COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE HOISTED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN THROUGH 06Z TONIGHT. FRI-SAT...WEST/SOUTHWEST MID/UPPER FLOW WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LIFTS RAPIDLY NORTH INTO CANADA WITH RISING HEIGHTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SUPPORTING HIGHS IN THE 80S. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY WITH A COLD FRONT DRIVING SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DRY PRE-FRONTAL SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY HELP BOOST HIGHS WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ZONES AND WILL INTRODUCE SOME LOW POPS AFTER 21Z CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT HANGS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. MWM && .AVIATION... 1119 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL ONCE AGAIN PROMOTE STRATUS DEVELOPMENT AND LOWERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH STRATUS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...AM MORE CONCERNED WITH LOW CEILINGS THAN ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THOUGH EXACT TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. SFJ && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NEZ079. CO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR COZ090. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 500 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 /600 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST IMPACTING MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY...LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT...HOWEVER AS THE AIRMASS BEGINS TO WARM LATER THIS MORNING...A DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADO THREAT MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN YUMA AND NORTHWEST DUNDY COUNTIES WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL YESTERDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 417 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 COZ090-091-051115- KIT CARSON COUNTY-YUMA COUNTY- 417 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 413 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VONA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 201. SFJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
503 AM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
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0450 AM HAIL LAIRD 40.08N 102.10W
06/05/2008 E1.00 INCH YUMA CO PUBLIC
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SJOHNSONThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
16 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A center pivot irrigation system was overturned and tree branches were broken by strong thunderstorm outflow winds. Minor damage was also reported to outbuildings and grain bins.
Hails was reported to be covering the ground.
The tornado occurred over open country with no known damage.
Wind-driven hail broke windows on the west side of the residences.
The tornado occurred over open country with no known damage.
Hail broke the mirror and resulted in dents to a vehicle.
Wind-driven hail up to nickel size piled up into 10-inch deep drifts, broke one house window, the back window of a pickup truck, and two vehicle side mirrors. The brief storm also stripped leaves off vegetation and some bark off of trees.
This brief tornado was seen by storm spotters and the general public from three different locations. The tornado occurred over open country with no known damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2008Warnings in Kansas, June 2008
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: 105932, 105933, 105934, 105935, 105936, 105938, 105939, 105940, 105941, 105942, 105948, 105970, 105950, 105943, 105944, 105973, 105966, 105952, 105962, 105945, 105946.