Thunderstorms developed across most of the Tri-State region during the late afternoon and evening hours, producing hail up to golf ball size, wind gusts to 66 mph and several tornadoes.
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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.
Thunderstorms developed across most of the Tri-State region during the late afternoon and evening hours, producing hail up to golf ball size, wind gusts to 66 mph and several tornadoes.
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 1, 5:39 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 539 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT - THURSDAY) 200 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL DEFINED SWIRL NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS...SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO. BIG QUESTION WILL BE IMPACT OF DRY SLOT WHICH AT 18Z COVERED ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND WAS APPROACHING THE SOUTHWESTERN FORECAST AREA. NAM HANDLING THIS THE BEST...WITH GFS TOO FAR EAST INTO KANSAS AT 18Z. NONETHELESS...NAM DOES SHOW SOME MID LEVEL DRYING AFTER 00Z IMPINGING ON SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA...BUT ALSO GENERATES WIDESPREAD RAIN IN THE SAME AREA. MEANWHILE SURFACE FRONT LYING JUST TO THE NORTH IN NEBRASKA TRYING TO SINK INTO NORTHERN FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORMS COULD INITIATE EITHER ON THE FRONT OR ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN FORECAST AREA. A RATHER COMPLICATED SCENARIO...BUT WITH APPROACH OF THE UPPER SYSTEM TONIGHT SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT WILL BE PLENTIFUL...AND WITH TIME THINK MOISTURE WILL BE AS WELL. WILL TENTATIVELY WEIGHT HIGHEST POPS NORTH AND EAST WHILE CARRYING ONLY CHANCE POPS IN EXPECTED LOCATION OF THE DRY SLOT TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. MUCAPE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA...GRADUALLY DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL GO NOWHERE WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN...WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COLD AIR. TOUGH TO SAY HOW LONG PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN EASTERN ZONES BY THAT TIME. RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY WHILE RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS AT THE SURFACE. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE ON THURSDAY...THOUGH SOME INDICATION OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH COMING OVER THE TOP IN PSEUDO NORTHWEST FLOW. INSTABILITY AXIS WILL LIE NEAR THE COLORADO-KANSAS STATE LINE...AND WITH STRONG DAYTIME HEATING MAY SEE ISOLATED DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS IN THOSE AREAS. .LONG TERM... (FRIDAY - MONDAY) 200 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 CALIFORNIA CUT OFF LOW FORECAST TO GRADUALLY MOVE MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS PERIOD. MEANWHILE A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL DIG INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THE TWO FEATURES WILL ACT TOGETHER TO BRING AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO THE FORECAST AREA...PARTICULARLY EARLY IN THE PERIOD. A SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN DISTURBANCE WILL SAG INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...PROVIDING A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION. 500MB FLOW ALOFT WILL BACK TO WESTERLY AHEAD OF WEST COAST SYSTEM AND INCREASE TO 40 TO 50KTS...PROVIDING DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR NECESSARY FOR WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE ALSO APPEARS TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE LOWER AND MID LEVELS...WITH LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS RESULTING IN A MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. STILL A BIT EARLY...BUT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY APPEARS TO BE A CLASSIC SET UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE LATTER HALF OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY A FAST ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. WHILE THERE WILL BE EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS IN THE FLOW...QUALITY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE LACKING FOR WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS. NONETHELESS...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND SURFACE HEATING SHOULD RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED CONVECTION EACH DAY. 024 && .AVIATION... 539 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 FOR THE 00Z TAF CYCLE...CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY IN THE REGION BEGINNING AS MID TO HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS. VFR CONDITIONS AT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IMPACT WITH BASES AT 4000 OR 5000 FT BEGINNING AT 01Z OR 02Z. FOR KGLD...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS BY ABOUT 09Z WITH RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE FROM 09Z TO 12Z AS CEILINGS DROP BELOW 1000 FT. FOR KMCK...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS BY ABOUT 13Z WITH RAIN SHOWERS ALSO CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. BLM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1050 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1050 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 /1150 AM CDT MON JUN 1 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 ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EVENING AS A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE INTO THE REGION. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLAGLER COLORADO TO MCCOOK NEBRASKA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO TO MCCOOK NEBRASKA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
822 PM MDT MON JUN 01 2009
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0818 PM HAIL 5 NNW PENOKEE 39.42N 100.01W
06/01/2009 E0.88 INCH GRAHAM KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
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BLMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 823 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009 NEZ080-081-020300- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 923 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF CULBERTSON AS WELL AS BETWEEN TRENTON AND STRATTON ALONG HIGHWAY 34. 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. FOLTZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
824 PM MDT MON JUN 01 2009
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0814 PM HAIL 6 NNE MORLAND 39.43N 100.03W
06/01/2009 E0.88 INCH GRAHAM KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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BLMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
833 PM MDT MON JUN 01 2009
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0825 PM TORNADO 5 S ST. FRANCIS 39.70N 101.80W
06/01/2009 CHEYENNE KS NWS EMPLOYEE
DURATION OF 90 SECONDS
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BLMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
839 PM MDT MON JUN 01 2009
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0838 PM HAIL 11 S HERNDON 39.75N 100.79W
06/01/2009 E0.88 INCH RAWLINS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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BLMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
840 PM MDT MON JUN 01 2009
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0840 PM HAIL NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2009 E1.00 INCH NORTON KS PUBLIC
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BLMThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:44 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
No known damage resulted from this tornado.
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