Thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours and resulted in one report of wind damage in Sherman County, Kansas.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours and resulted in one report of wind damage in Sherman County, Kansas.
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 12, 12:18 AM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 118 AM MDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .DISCUSSION... 118 AM MDT FRI JUN 12 2009 RUC/WATER VAPOR SATELLITE INDICATED WSW FLOW ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND POINTS EAST WHILE THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REMAINS CONFINED TO MEXICO AND THE WESTERN GULF AND A MEAN TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED FROM THE PACNW SSW OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. H7 WAA PATTERN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS MORNING WHICH MAY LINGER EARLY INTO THE FIRST PERIOD. THIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SUBSIDENCE THROUGH AT LEAST 20-21Z BEFORE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT. HARD TO PINPOINT SPECIFICS GIVEN LACK OF FOCUS AND MAINTAINED LOW POPS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. H7 WAA PATTERN WILL SUPPORT DEEP MOIST CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN FRI NIGHT WHICH WAS HANDLED WELL IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. SAT-SUN...SFC TROUGH AXIS IS PROGGED TO LIE ACROSS E CO THROUGH THE PERIOD AND WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHEAR/CAPE PROFILES SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS. SUN NIGHT APPEARS TO BE A BETTER NIGHT FOR NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY WITH STRONG H7 WAA PROGGED AND INCREASED PROBABILITIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES. THE PREVIOUS FORECAST HANDLED THE ANTICIPATED SCENARIO WELL WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED. DAYS 4 THROUGH 7...NO CHANGES. && .AVIATION... 1108 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 FOR THE 06Z TAF...CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY OVER EASTERN COLORADO COULD IMPACT THE KGLD TERMINAL THROUGH THE NIGHT. LATEST RUC/NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE STRONG POTENTIAL FOR IFR CIGS AFTER AROUND 09Z FOR KGLD. CURRENT LIFR CIGS FOR KMCK SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH PRECIP REMAINING WEST OF THE TERMINAL. WILL SEE IMPROVEMENT TO VFR AT BOTH SITES BY AROUND 17Z FRIDAY. FOLTZ && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 353 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-121315- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 353 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009 /453 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI- STATE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN EASTERN COLORADO WILL DRIFT EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS. THERE IS ENOUGH SHEAR FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THERE IS A SMALL THREAT FOR TORNADOES MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH SOME AREAS ALREADY RECEIVING AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE A DAILY OCCURRENCE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. WITH EACH ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE GROUND BECOMES SATURATED IN SOME AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JRM
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs were broken off trees. A garden fence was blown down. One and a half inches of rain was also reported.
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