A line of thunderstorms swept rapidly east across Colorado into western Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Numerous reports of wind damage were received across Yuma County CO, Sherman County KS and Dundy County NE.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms swept rapidly east across Colorado into western Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Numerous reports of wind damage were received across Yuma County CO, Sherman County KS and Dundy County NE.
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 26, 4:20 PM MST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 .DISCUSSION... 241 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A TROUGH OVER EASTERN COLORADO WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S THERE. SATELLITE/RADAR SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO. WATER VAPOR SHOWING A STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER WESTERN COLORADO. A TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT/SATURDAY. FLOW WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE ROCKIES. THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE WHICH WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE POPS. A SHORTWAVE WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES TONIGHT. DYNAMICS SHOULD TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST IN VICINITY OF AN AXIS OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS/CAPE. SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS THE BEST OVER EASTERN COLORADO...ESPECIALLY YUMA COUNTY...WITH PARAMETERS SUPPORTING LARGE HAIL. PLAN TO GO WITH CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHWEST AND SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE. SOME STORMS MAY LINGER OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES SAT MORNING AND THEN REFIRE AGAIN ALONG THE BOUNDARY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SAME AREA IN THE SOUTHEAST. PLAN TO GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THAT PERIPHERY AREA OF DYNAMICS. THE FRONT SHOULD BE WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY EVENING SO WILL PULL ALL POPS. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL BRING SOME DYNAMICS INTO EASTERN COLORADO WHICH WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS CONTINGENCY. SURFACE WINDS PROVIDE UPSLOPE AND SOME CONVERGENCE OVER EASTERN COLORADO AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. DYNAMICS ARE LACKING BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AT LEAST AN ISOLATED STORM WHICH COULD DRIFT INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS MONDAY EVENING. 850MB TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S THROUGH MONDAY YIELDING MAX TEMPERATURES NEAR 90. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 60. IN THE EXTENDED...A RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE ROCKIES FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS TUE/WED FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE THU/FRI. NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES WILL COME THROUGH THE FLOW AND TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLAN TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THOSE PERIODS WITH EXCEPTION OF CHANCE POPS WED NIGHT WITH A SURFACE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. 850MB TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 30 THROUGH WED AND THEN COOL A FEW DEGREES THURSDAY/FRIDAY BEHIND THE TROUGH. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RESIDE IN THE LOWER 90S WITH MIN TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER/MID 60S WITH SOME UPPER 60S IN THE EAST. FS && .AVIATION... 520 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 FOR THE 00Z TAFS AT KGLD AND KMCK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING KGLD AND KMCK FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. WILL UPDATE TAF SITES WHEN THESE WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH IN FUTURE TAF UPDATES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT ACTIVITY TO LINGER THROUGH 03Z-04Z. ONCE THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST AROUND 25KTS FOR A FEW HOURS BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH CIGS IN THE 10K-15K FT RANGE. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY SCT CU AT 8K FT OR SO WILL DEVELOP WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10-15KTS. 07 && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1045 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-271215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1045 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 /1145 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 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 AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING LATER IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS. A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. BLM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
526 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W YUMA 40.12N 102.74W
06/26/2009 M66 MPH YUMA CO MESONET
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HENDERSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
550 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 SW WRAY 40.04N 102.28W
06/26/2009 YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0520 PM TSTM WND GST YUMA 40.12N 102.72W
06/26/2009 M70 MPH YUMA CO EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES AND SMALL BRANCHES DOWN IN TOWN. SPORADIC
POWER OUTAGES.
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HENDERSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
551 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 6 NE KIRK 39.68N 102.52W
06/26/2009 YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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HENDERSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 605 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 KSZ013-270030- SHERMAN- 605 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RULETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH SHERMAN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 024
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
608 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0601 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N ALVIN 40.35N 102.08W
06/26/2009 E60 MPH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL TREE BRANCHES IN ROAD.
0553 PM TORNADO 1 N WRAY 40.09N 102.23W
06/26/2009 YUMA CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED SMALL BUILDING AT 27397 COUNTY
RD 37. RELAYED BY DISPATCH
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HENDERSONThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds broke numerous tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter.
Wheat fields damaged by storm.
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