Two rounds of severe storms rolled across the northern third of Yuma county during the evening hours, resulting in widespread wind damage. Winds estimated to be around 90 mph destroyed grain bins, overturned irrigation sprinklers, tore off sections of roofs, broke windows, overturned a cattle trailer and destroyed crops.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Two rounds of severe storms rolled across the northern third of Yuma county during the evening hours, resulting in widespread wind damage. Winds estimated to be around 90 mph destroyed grain bins, overturned irrigation sprinklers, tore off sections of roofs, broke windows, overturned a cattle trailer and destroyed crops. Several weak tornadoes occurred over southwestern Nebraska as the storms continued east.
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 19, 4:19 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 519 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .DISCUSSION... 200 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY THEN NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TUESDAY MORNING THEN CLOSE TO THE GREAT LAKES AREA BY THE END OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH LARGE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTRY. FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT INCREASING MOISTURE AND JET DYNAMICS MOVE INTO FAR EASTERN COLORADO AFTER MIDNIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING THEN ON TOP OF THE AREA BY 00Z TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LOCATED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH AND NORTHWEST/WEST TONIGHT INCREASING ACROSS THE WEST OVERNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM ADVANCES EAST. FOR MONDAY WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE AREA EXITING MONDAY NIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM LIKELY TO EXCEED AN INCH WITH PERHAPS TWO INCHES...GENERALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST 1/3 OF THE AREA NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. UNDER THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE 60S AND LOW 70S...FURTHER EAST BY HILL CITY LOW 80S EXPECTED AS THEY WILL SEE MORE SUN AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE AREA MONDAY. TUESDAY WILL ALSO BE WINDY FROM THE NORTHWEST BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE MORE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH MID 70S TO AROUND 80 EXPECTED. FOR WEDNESDAY A TAD WARMER WITH 80-85 ACROSS THE AREA. THURSDAY-SUNDAY...SEASONAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WITH THE AREA IN BETWEEN UPPER HIGH TO THE SOUTH AND UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PLAINS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. LOOKS PRETTY DRY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH PERHAPS SOME THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...CONFIDENCE IN WHERE AND WHEN NOT REAL HIGH. 007 && .AVIATION... 519 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 FOR THE OOZ TAFS...COMPLICATED WEATHER SCENARIO THIS TAF PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NE CO AND SW NE AND MOVING NORTHEAST. HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL DEPICTING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM NE CO INTO SW NE FROM 04-08Z. HAVE SHOWN THIS WITH A TEMPO TSRA AT KMCK...AND HAVE VCTS AT KGLD. WILL HAVE VCTS GOING AT BOTH TERMINALS TILL 12Z AT KGLD AND 14Z AT KMCK. AFTERWARDS...PRECIP ON THE BACKSIDE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. HAVE -SHRA AND VCTS WITH MVFR CIGS/VIS AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH END OF TAF PERIOD. CIGS/VIS MAY BOUNCE FROM MVFR TO IFR AT TIMES IN HEAVIER PRECIP. BAS && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 235 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-201200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 235 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 /335 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS YUMA COUNTY COLORADO AND FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA MONDAY EXITING FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
602 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0544 PM TORNADO 10 N BENKELMAN 40.20N 101.54W
06/19/2011 DUNDY NE STORM CHASER
TORNADO LASTED FOR 3 MINUTES. MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS OF THIS
SAME TORNADO.
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MBULLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM TORNADO 13 NNE BENKELMAN 40.23N 101.44W
06/19/2011 DUNDY NE STORM CHASER
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BASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
614 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 PM TORNADO 8 N BENKELMAN 40.17N 101.54W
06/19/2011 DUNDY NE STORM CHASER
TORNADO WAS IN AN OPEN FIELD AND LASTED 4 MINUTES.
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MBULLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
657 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TORNADO 6 S PALISADE 40.25N 101.11W
06/19/2011 HITCHCOCK NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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BASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
727 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM TORNADO 7 NNW MCCOOK 40.30N 100.65W
06/19/2011 RED WILLOW NE STORM CHASER
MULTIPLE TORNADOES REPORTED
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BASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
758 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0757 PM TORNADO INDIANOLA 40.23N 100.42W
06/19/2011 RED WILLOW NE STORM CHASER
MULTIPLE TORNADOES REPORTED
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BASThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:18 UTC.
5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported pea to quarter size hail covering the ground. Little wind accompanied the hail at this time.
At least two residences sustained major damage, and many others significant damage, as an intense thunderstorm moved over northeast Yuma county. Several large grain bins were destroyed with others damaged. One grain bin fell on a parked semi-trailer causing additional damage to the vehicle. Ten irrigation sprinkler systems was overturned, numerous trees were uprooted. Window and siding damage occurred at several residences with parts of roofs damaged. Y-W electric reported a loss of 44 utility poles. In addition, thousands of acres of cropland were impacted by the hail accompanying the storm. Dollar estimates of damage are approximate and based on figures from the USDA.
Golf ball to hen egg sized hail was reported along with thunderstorm wind damage.
NWS employee estimated peak winds to be near 60 mph.
A large cottonwood tree was toppled.
A thunderstorm wind gust tore part of a roof off a residence and destroyed an extra room that had been added onto the house.
A thunderstorm wind gust destroyed a grain bin at a farmstead.
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