Strong thunderstorms moved across southwest Nebraska during the early morning hours producing heavy rainfall and strong winds. An intense thunderstorm outflow produced damage to a home in northern Dundy county.
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Strong thunderstorms moved across southwest Nebraska during the early morning hours producing heavy rainfall and strong winds. An intense thunderstorm outflow produced damage to a home in northern Dundy county.
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 16, 2:00 AM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 300 AM MDT MON JUN 16 2008 .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS POPS. FOR THIS MORNING...CURRENT SHORTWAVE RIDING OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE IS POISED TO BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DYNAMICS ARE VERY WEAK. IF THERE IS EVEN A SLIGHT CHANCE IT SHOULD BE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. TUESDAY...BOTH THE NAM/GFS INDICATE LITTLE IF ANY DYNAMICS SO WILL CUT BACK POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE WHICH AGREES WELL WITH MOS GUIDANCE. TUESDAY NIGHT...THE NAM SHOWS A DECENT SHORTWAVE COMING THROUGH IN NORTHWEST FLOW. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. PLAN TO STAY WITH CURRENT CHANCE POPS. A SOUTHEAST WIND WILL BRING INCREASING SURFACE MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT GRIDS ALREADY HAVE PATCHY FOG AND THIS LOOKS ON TRACK.WEDNESDAY...DO NOT SEE ANY FORCING FOR THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO SHORTWAVE ENERGY. SUBSIDENCE IS INDICATED. A SHORTWAVE COMES THROUGH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON BUT ITS DYNAMICS SHOULD BE WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. CONSEQUENTLY WILL ADJUST TO FORECAST DOWN TO NIL POPS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A SHORTWAVE COMES THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW. DEWPOINTS ARE AROUND 60 WITH SOME UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES INDICATED. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS CHANCE POPS WHICH ARE PROBABLY REASONABLE BUT DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GO ANY HIGHER. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE QUITE WARM IN SPITE OF MORNING FOG. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID 70S TODAY AND IN THE LOWER 80S WED. BY WED TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TO AROUND 90. MIN TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID 50S TONIGHT TO THE LOWER 60S WED NIGHT. FS && .AVIATION... 1115 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2008 FOR THE 06Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE TO MVFR CEILINGS MOVING OVER KGLD AFTER 12Z. CEILINGS OVER KMCK ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR WITH A SCT LAYER OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS AFTER 06Z. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 18Z...HOWEVER LEFT CB OUT OF THE TAFS AS IT IS UNCERTAIN IF ANY STORM WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT A TAF SITE. KTB && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && WFO GOODLAND
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 817 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-171215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 817 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2008 /917 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT SPREADING IN COVERAGE FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SURFACE WINDS FROM THE EAST...COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. KTB
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A home lost about 20% of its roof, and five utility poles nearby were broken by a strong thunderstorm downburst. A patio fence was damaged and the last section of an irrigation pivot were blown over.
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