Thunderstorms moved across Wallace County during the late afternoon and broke tree limbs, while heavy rain resulting in ponding water.
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Thunderstorms moved across Wallace County during the late afternoon and broke tree limbs, while heavy rain resulting in ponding water.
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 30, 4:23 PM MST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 523 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010 .DISCUSSION... 222 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010 EARLY AFTERNOON ANALYSIS OF WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/UPPER AIR DATA INDICATED CONTINUATION OF THE STAGNATED FLOW REGIME OVER THE CONUS. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WITH MID/UPPER TROUGHS SITUATED OVER THE PACNW AND NEW ENGLAND. WEAK SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA WITH TCU AND ISOLATED CONVECTION INITIATING ALONG AND SOUTH OF IT. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN COLORADO. FORECAST CONCERNS CONTINUE TO REVOLVE AROUND SPORADIC CHANCES FOR CONVECTION THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST CYCLE. LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES ~1500 J/KG MLCAPE IN A WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT. ANEMIC EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR SHOULD PRECLUDE STRONGLY ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS THIS EVENING BUT WITH PWAT VALUES RUNNING 150-180 PERCENT OF NORMAL PER 12Z OBSERVED SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE REGION...ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. DON'T ANTICIPATE WIDESPREAD HYDRO ISSUES GIVEN EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION BUT LOCALIZED ISSUE MAY DEVELOP. ANTICIPATE ANOTHER ROUND OF DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION TOMORROW AND SUNDAY...PRIMARILY OVER EASTERN COLORADO. MID/UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN ON MONDAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TRAILING A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY. SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN PRE-FRONTAL THROUGH PEAK HEATING AND HAVE BUMPED TEMPS UP A FEW DEGREES OVER THESE AREAS. FINER SCALE DETAILS REMAIN SOMEWHAT VAGUE SO WILL CONTINUE TO BROADBRUSH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW ON TUESDAY AND SHOULD PROVIDE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. MORE PRONOUNCED DISAGREEMENT IN THE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE BECOMES EVIDENT BY THURSDAY. EC IS COOLER AND MORE WET AS COMPARED TO THE GFS. HAVE OPTED TO MAINTAIN SILENT POPS IN THE EXTENDED AS CONFIDENCE IN ANY ONE SOLUTION REMAINS LOW. FOLTZ && .AVIATION... 523 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT BOTH THE KMCK AND KGLD TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT KGLD. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY WITH RETURN FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE. 024 && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1050 AM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311300- 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 FRI JUL 30 2010 /1150 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS...MODERATE RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
435 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010
KSZ027-302300-
WALLACE-
435 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3872 10189 3884 10171 3883 10159 3869 10161
3869 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 047DEG 10KT 3878 10168
ROBINSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
501 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010
KSZ027-041-302330-
GREELEY-WALLACE-
501 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WALLACE TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF WESKAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3863 10205 3879 10205 3890 10148 3870 10148
3869 10152 3869 10156 3868 10157 3863 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 233DEG 6KT 3883 10160 3868 10201
ROBINSONThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large, live tree limbs were blown down. Small hail and ponding water were also reported with the storm.
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