Thunderstorm Wind, Wallace
- When
- July 11, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 1.28 mi WNW of Sharon Spgs
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.890, -101.750
The spotter estimated wind gusts to be 60 mph.
Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 11, 2009
Thunderstorms moved from eastern Colorado into western Kansas during the evening, resulting in one report of a severe thunderstorm wind gust.
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 moved from eastern Colorado into western Kansas during the evening, resulting in one report of a severe thunderstorm wind gust.
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 Jul 11, 4:06 PM MST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:06 PM MST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 506 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 .SYNOPSIS... 142 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 ANALYSIS OF WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/UPPER AIR DATA INDICATED BROAD FLAT MID/UPPER RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A DEEP MID/UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE MEAN FLOW. AT THE SURFACE...DEEP MOIST UPSLOPE PATTERN WELL ESTABLISHED BRINGING MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PWATS INTO THE REGION. FOLTZ && .DISCUSSION... 142 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR PRECIP THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF PRECIP RECENTLY. SIMILAR SETUP TO YESTERDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. PWAT VALUES REMAIN ON THE ORDER OF 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL BASED ON 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM DDC AND LBF. PORTIONS OF THE REGION SAW IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL LAST NIGHT. COULD SEE REPEAT PERFORMANCE TONIGHT WITH MCS FORMING OVER THE FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN AREA OF EASTERN COLORADO WITH AN GRADUAL EASTWARD MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE GLD CWA. 19Z MESOANALYSIS FROM SPC INDICATES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG SBCAPE OVER THE KS/CO STATE LINE WITH LITTLE CIN. EFFECTIVE SHEAR APPROACHING 40 KTS SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO BECOME WELL ORGANIZED FOR AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. SHOULD SEE BRIEF RESPITE FROM PRECIP DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES IN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING YET ANOTHER SHOT AT CONVECTION TO THE REGION. HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THIS SYSTEM AS PWAT VALUES CONTINUE TO RUN ANOMALOUSLY HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. MID/UPPER RIDGE INTENSIFIES OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON MONDAY WITH H85 TEMPS INCREASING TO NEAR 35C OVER THE WEST. MAX TEMPS SHOULD REACH THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 ACROSS THE CWA WITH A GENERALLY CLEAR SKY. GUIDANCE STILL INDICATING A BACKDOOR FRONT SLIDING INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH SLIDES BY T0 THE NORTHEAST. MOIST POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE WILL KICK IN AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT OVER THE REGION...HAVE BUMPED POPS INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIOD. ISOLATED CONVECTION REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE THE MID/UPPER RIDGE ONCE AGAIN BUILDS NORTHWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION. EC DEPICTS WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BUT LITTLE AGREEMENT FROM THE OP GFS/GEFS SO OPTED TO KEEP POPS SILENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME. FOLTZ && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT KMCK THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT UNTIL AROUND 09Z WHEN THUNDERSTORMS FINALLY REACH THE SITE FROM THE WEST. EXPECT A REPEAT OF STRATUS AND LIGHT FOG THERE AS WELL. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING CONDITIONS DOWN TO MVFR/POSSIBLE IFR. FOR KGLD...BEST WINDOW FOR STORMS...ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...WILL EXIST THIS EVENING. SOME LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS NEAR KGLD. OTHERWISE MORE STRATUS AND LIGHT FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY MID MORNING. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUN AFTERNOON FOR KGLD. FS && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 9:33 AM MST, 11 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1033 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-121200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1033 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 /1133 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO...THEN MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. MORE STORMS SHOULD FORM TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:04 PM MST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 704 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 COZ091-092-120130- CHEYENNE COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY- 704 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY AND KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 701 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF FLAGLER TO 10 MILES WEST OF WILD HORSE. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 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. MENTZER
Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:09 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
809 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM HEAVY RAIN VONA 39.30N 102.74W
07/11/2009 M0.83 INCH KIT CARSON CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0.83 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
&&
HENDERSONLocal storm report, Jul 11, 7:26 PM MST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
826 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND GST 7 N WILD HORSE 38.92N 103.00W
07/11/2009 E60.00 MPH CHEYENNE CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0815 PM HAIL 7 N WILD HORSE 38.92N 103.00W
07/11/2009 E1.75 INCH CHEYENNE CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
HENDERSONLocal storm report, Jul 11, 8:27 PM MST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
927 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM TSTM WND GST CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
07/11/2009 M83 MPH CHEYENNE CO MESONET
&&
HENDERSONThe radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 11 to 15, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 11, 2009
- Flood in Florida, July 11, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 11 to 12, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 11 to 12, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 11, 2009
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 11, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 11, 2009
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 11, 2009
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: 179385.