Weak rain showers moved east across Kit Carson county during the late evening hours and produced a heat burst resulting in a wind gust of 61 mph at the Burlington airport.
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Weak rain showers moved east across Kit Carson county during the late evening hours and produced a heat burst resulting in a wind gust of 61 mph at the Burlington airport.
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 Sep 5, 4:20 PM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 PM MDT SUN SEP 5 2010 .DISCUSSION... 212 PM MDT SUN SEP 5 2010 EARLY AFTERNOON ANALYSIS OF WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/UPPER AIR DATA INDICATED A DEEPENING MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WHICH WAS TRANSLATING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN MONTANA. A SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA WESTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO WITH A SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE DROP NOTED BEHIND THE FRONT. STRONGLY MIXED ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH DOWN-SLOPING WINDS HAS ALLOWED TEMPS TO EXCEED THE CENTURY MARK OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN WILL REVOLVE AROUND SURFACE FROPA TOMORROW MORNING ALONG WITH NEAR ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT REACHING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA BY 12Z TOMORROW. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING AND SHOULD BE COMPLETELY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY AROUND 18Z. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HIGHLIGHTS BUT OVERNIGHT SHIFT WILL NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER PEEK AT IT. SURFACE HIGH WILL TRANSLATE TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY ALLOWING A GRADUAL SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. H85 TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER TEENS C WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE TO MID TO UPPER 70S FOR MAX TEMPS. SURFACE COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MIX NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONFIDENCE IN PRECIP IS NOT VERY HIGH BUT WILL MAINTAIN GOING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CO/KS BORDER. SOUTHWESTERLY MID/UPPER FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A COUPLE OF WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TRANSLATING THROUGH THE MEAN FLOW. REASONABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND THE EC WITH REGARD TO A SURFACE COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY MORNING SO DROP MAX TEMPS FRIDAY A FEW DEGREES. VERTICAL MOISTURE PROFILE LOOKS MEAGER AT BEST SO WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A DRY FROPA. TEMPS NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE NEAR CLIMO. FOLTZ && .AVIATION... 520 PM MDT SUN SEP 5 2010 FOR 00Z TAFS AT KGLD AND KMCK...FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF MVFR CIGS SHORTLY AFTER A FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10-15KTS WILL BE COMMON AT BOTH TERMINALS TIL AROUND 11Z-12Z WHEN THEY VEER TO THE WEST THEN NORTHWEST BY 13Z-14Z AS A FRONT MOVES IN. GUSTS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE INTO THE 30KT RANGE WITH THE NAM/GFS/RUC RR SUGGESTING A 3 HOUR PERIOD OF STRATUS AROUND 1500FT. RIGHT NOW IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE A BKN DECK BUT OBS UPSTREAM IN MONTANA WHERE THIS AIRMASS CURRENTLY RESIDES DOES SUPPORT AT LEAST A MENTION IN THE FORECAST...BETTER CHANCE AT KMCK. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS OF 35-40KTS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY DECREASING SLOWLY AT KGLD BY 21Z BUT REMAINING STRONG AT KMCK TIL 00Z. 07 && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM MDT SUN SEP 5 2010 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 700 PM MDT SUN SEP 5 2010 /800 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE DAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME... THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A heat burst occurred at the Burlington airport resulting in a severe wind gust of 61 mph. The air temperature rose from 79 degrees F at 953 pm MDT to 90 degrees F at 1005 pm MDT. No damage was reported from the strong wind gust.
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