Isolated rain showers developed during the mid-to-late afternoon hours. One of the showers moved over a surface wind shift line and was able to generate a brief tornado in Dundy county.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Isolated rain showers developed during the mid-to-late afternoon hours. One of the showers moved over a surface wind shift line and was able to generate a brief tornado in Dundy county. No damage was reported.
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 May 16, 12:41 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 141 PM MDT SUN MAY 16 2010 .DISCUSSION... 141 PM MDT SUN MAY 16 2010 AN H5 TROUGH CONTINUES TO MEANDER OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND DIURNAL -TSRA MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE BRINGS A RAPID DEMISE BY 03-04Z. EVENING POPS WILL BE BASED ON TSRA COVERAGE AROUND 21Z. WET SOIL AND LIGHT WINDS COMBINED WITH RADIATIONAL COOLING UNDER SUBSIDENT REGIME IS STILL EXPECTED TO HELP WITH FOG PRODUCTION OVERNIGHT AND THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO KEEP A MENTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE INSTABILITY AXIS IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP GENERALLY WEST OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PUSHED POPS FURTHER WEST MAINLY IMPACTING EASTERN CO AFTER 21Z WHERE WEAK CINH IS ANTICIPATED. LLJ/ELEVATED CAPE SHOULD HELP FOCUS TSRA MAINLY SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND KEPT THE HIGHEST POPS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-70. TUE-THU...AN UNSETTLED PERIOD IS ANTICIPATED IN DIFFLUENT MID/UPPER FLOW DOWNSTREAM OF MID/UPPER TROUGH TUE-WED. HIGH POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. BETTER AGREEMENT EXISTS BETWEEN GFS/ECMWF SUPPORTING A MORE NORTHERN TRACK OF MID/UPPER TROUGH AND HIGHER POPS THROUGH THU ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. FRI-SUN...RISING HEIGHTS/THICKNESS SUPPORTS RISING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS FRI-SAT WITH MINIMAL CHANCES FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK A LARGE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST. THE GFS HAS SHOWN VERY LITTLE RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY AND GENERALLY LEANED TOWARD THE ECMWF WHICH WOULD SUPPORT HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION/SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... 1131 AM MDT SUN MAY 16 2010 FOR 18Z TAFS...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED NEAR HAIGLER AROUND 17Z WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LOW. CIGS ARE GRADUALLY IMPROVING WITH HEATING...BUT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BOUNCE BETWEEN MVFR AND VFR AS SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WITH LOW DEPARTING TONIGHT EXPECT SKIES TO CLEAR AND WINDS TO BECOME LIGHT...WHICH MAY ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG OVERNIGHT. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE HAS REALLY BEEN OVERDOING CIG/VISBY RESTRICTIONS THE PAST FEW DAYS SO FOR NOW WILL KEEP FORECASTS OUT OF LIFR CATEGORIES UNTIL PATTERN BECOMES MORE APPARENT. JRM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1028 AM MDT SUN MAY 16 2010 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-171300- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1028 AM MDT SUN MAY 16 2010 /1128 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WITH SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING BEING THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS. THERE IS A SMALL THREAT FOR A BRIEF TORNADO DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WESKAN TO OBERLIN LINE. THIS THREAT IS EXPECTED ONLY IN THE VICINITY OF A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A WIDESPREAD THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A VARIETY OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES AND STORM SYSTEMS IMPACT THE AREA. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE WEEKEND...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. JRM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1204 PM MDT SUN MAY 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1202 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 E OAKLEY 39.13N 100.76W
05/16/2010 M1.80 INCH GOVE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
24 HOUR PRECIPITION ENDING AT TIME REPORT.
1202 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 E OAKLEY 39.13N 100.78W
05/16/2010 M1.90 INCH GOVE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
24 HOUR PRECIPITATION ENDING AT REPORT TIME
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JMARTINThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief duration of 3-4 minutes estimated by a spotter and relayed through law enforcement.
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