Thunderstorms moving across Thomas county produced strong winds, heavy rainfall and small hail early in the evening.
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Thunderstorms moving across Thomas county produced strong winds, heavy rainfall and small hail early in the evening.
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 25, 5:54 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 554 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010 .DISCUSSION... 330 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010 THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE TODAY IS FLATTENED BY A A SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTING EAST OF THE ROCKIES ON SATURDAY. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BE MODERATED SOMEWHAT FROM THE HOT READINGS TODAY DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER EXPECTED WITH THE TROUGH. UPPER LEVEL FEATURES ARE COINCIDENT IN THE SHORT TERM BUT THE TIMING OF THE SURFACE FRONT ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY DIFFERS ACCORDING TO MODEL CHOICE. HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAN TOWARDS A SLOWER SOLUTION...WHICH APPEARS TO BE CLOSER TO THE NAM SOLUTION. THE NAM IS BREAKING OUT PRECIPITATION ALONG OR SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT WHILE THE GFS IS KEEPING PRECIPITATION CONFINED MAINLY TO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. WITH THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE FRONT PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING...THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO FAVOR THE NAM SOLUTION OVER THE GFS. HAVE GONE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 DURING THE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LINGERING STORMS EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MAIN IN THE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY EVENING AS THE WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE ROCKIES TRANSITIONS TO A MORE NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THE UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES SHARPLY OVER THE HIGH PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS AS A RESULT. LOCKHART && .AVIATION... 550 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010 FOR THE 00Z TAF...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE PERIOD. CONVECTION ONGOING JUST EAST OF KGLD CURRENTLY WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE EASTWARD AWAY FROM THE TERMINAL BUT MAINTAINED CB MENTION THROUGH 03Z. BEYOND THAT...EXPECT GENERALLY SKC WITH A FEW MID-LEVEL CLOUDS. FOR KMCK...CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT CB/CONVECTIVE CHANCES THIS EVENING ARE TOO MINIMAL TO INCLUDE IN THIS TAF ISSUANCE. DO ANTICIPATE THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR BOTH TERMINALS. TEMPORAL/SPATIAL DETAILS ARE TOO VAGUE AT THIS POINT TO WARRANT ANYTHING MORE THAN CB MENTION. FOLTZ && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 449 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-261200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 449 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010 /549 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. ANOTHER FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOW PROBABILITIES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
555 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2010
KSZ014-260030-
THOMAS-
655 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEVANT...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3937 10103 3936 10138 3944 10139 3955 10138
3957 10123 3956 10106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 264DEG 8KT 3946 10128
THEDEThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
On eastbound I-70 at mile marker 43 near Levant, a parked semi was overturned into the east bound traffic lanes. No injuries were reported.
Live five to six inch tree limbs were blown down. Pea sized hail was mixed with the rain which totaled 1.13 inches in 25 minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 230924, 230927.