Several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms moved south during the late afternoon and evening hours producing 60 mph winds, golf ball sized hail and locally heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms moved south during the late afternoon and evening hours producing 60 mph winds, golf ball sized hail and locally heavy rainfall.
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 22, 12:55 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1255 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 .DISCUSSION... 1234 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 EXPECTING A ROUND OF TSRA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TWO AREAS TO MONITOR FOR CI. ONE AREA IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LLVL THETA-E RIDGE ADVECTING SLOWLY NORTH ALONG THE KS/CO BORDER SOUTH OF I-70. THE OTHER AREA EXISTS OVER SE WY/WRN NE TETHERED TO THE CYS RIDGE AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW AMPLITUDE S/WV TROUGH. THE NORTHERN ACTIVITY SHOULD PROVIDE THE LARGEST AREAL COVERAGE. RELATIVELY LARGE HAIL AND STOUT WINDS SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY ISSUES GIVEN THE STEEP LLVL LAPSE RATES AND DEPLETED LLVL MOISTURE PROFILES. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SSE. OTHERWISE, THE ONGOING PERSISTENT NOAM UA PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD. AS SUCH THERE IS NOT MUCH TO WRITE THAT BRINGS NEW MATERIAL TO THE TABLE. DAY TO DAY TRENDS WILL BE A FUNCTION OF S/WV TROUGH TIMING THAT WILL RIPPLE THROUGH THE AREA. AS OF NOW THE WARMEST DAYTIME TEMPS OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS APPEAR TO OCCUR THIS THR AND FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT SLATED TO ARRIVE LATE ON FRIDAY. THEN WE RETURN BACK INTO THE MID/UPR 80S. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSRA COULD OCCUR NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON/EVENING, PRIMARY OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA...SIMILAR TO THE PAST WEEK. 05 && .AVIATION... 1142 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 FOR THE 18Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL FOR BOTH KGLD AND KMCK THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD. ALTHOUGH...THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM BY ABOUT 20Z AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS HAPPEN TO PASS DIRECTLY OVER KGLD OR KMCK...AMENDMENTS WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE BRIEF DROP DOWN TO MVFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY POSSIBLE BETWEEN 21Z AND 06Z. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. FOR NOW...INCLUDED VCTS GROUPS DURING THAT TIME. BLM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1040 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231515- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1040 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 /1140 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE REGION...THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY DAILY CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY MAY PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS... SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. BLM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 322 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 NEZ079-222215- DUNDY- 322 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 321 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF CHAMPION...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALVIN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN WESTERN DUNDY COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. THEDE/BLM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 357 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 COZ090-222230- YUMA COUNTY- 357 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 354 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ECKLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THEDE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 458 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009 KSZ027-028-222330- LOGAN-WALLACE- 558 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF WINONA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. JRM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
506 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009
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0500 PM HAIL HAIGLER 40.01N 101.94W
07/22/2009 E1.75 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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HENDERSONThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The storm spotter estimated winds to be around 70 mph.
Hail is covering the ground and water is running out of fields 3 miles south of US 40 on the county line.
Spotter estimated winds to be 60 mph.
Winds were estimated to be 50 mph.
Observer estimated winds around 60 mph which downed numerous 3-inch diameter tree branches. Pea-sized hail and one inch of rain also occurred with this storm.
Water was flowing rapidly down streets in St. Francis, especially along Denison St.
Spotter estimated peak wind gusts to 60 mph.
Observer estimated peak wind gusts to 60 mph.
Several tree branches were broke and small trees bent over.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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