Strong, damaging winds, non-thunderstorm related, produced minor roof damage in Goodland and near Russell Springs just after midnight. Measured gusts near 70 mph occurred at several mesonet stations in Wallace county.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Strong, damaging winds, non-thunderstorm related, produced minor roof damage in Goodland and near Russell Springs just after midnight. Measured gusts near 70 mph occurred at several mesonet stations in Wallace county. Doppler radar indicated an intense low level jet just off the surface. In addition, at least one mesonet station showed classic heat burst signatures in the data. At 3 am, the air temperature rose to 94 degrees F while the dewpoint fell to 38 F when the wind gusted to 68 mph.
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 1, 9:35 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1035 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT - SUNDAY) 211 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEW POINTS WELL INTO THE 60S. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM EAST TO WEST AS CIN IS ERODED. DEEP LAYER SHEAR NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS FORECAST...STRONGEST IN THE NORTH BUT DECREASES TO LESS THAN 30KTS IN THE SOUTH. AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES THIS EVENING SHEAR WILL IMPROVE AND WILL PROBABLY SEE A FEW SUPERCELLS DEVELOP IN THE FORECAST AREA. GIVEN LACK OF FOCUSING MECHANISM NO REAL AREA WILL BE FAVORED...THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WHERE THERE IS SOME SUBTLE CONVERGENCE NOTED IN THE WIND FIELD. ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE BY 06Z AS BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS AND NOSE OF LLJ MOVES NORTH. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES ON THURSDAY WITH SUBSTANTIAL MID LEVEL WARMING FORECAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S IN MANY LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. AT PEAK HEATING FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW WEAK INSTABILITY WITH LITTLE CIN. HOWEVER...DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SUGGESTS MOISTURE WILL BE SCANT. AN ISOLATED HIGH BASED STORM WILL NOT BE IMPOSSIBLE...BUT MOS POPS ARE LOW AND QPF OUTPUT NIL. LACK OF FORCING MECHANISM ANOTHER PROBLEM. SO WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY. SYSTEM LIFTING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS ON FRIDAY. ALL MODELS NOW SHOW THE FRONT IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA AT PEAK HEATING. WILL KEEP SOME LOW POPS IN THAT AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST WITH THE MEAN FLOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. ON SATURDAY...FRONT GETS HUNG UP IN OR PERHAPS SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THEREFORE WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE FORECAST. POST FRONTAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL. .LONG TERM... (MONDAY - THURSDAY) 211 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 UNUSUALLY STRONG RIDGE FOR THE TIME OF YEAR WILL BE CENTERED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THE LOCAL AREA WILL BE ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THE RIDGE...IT WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MEANWHILE A TROUGH WILL SETTLE INTO THE GREAT BASIN. OCCASIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL EJECT ACROSS THE ROCKIES. AGAIN THE LOCAL AREA WILL FEEL THE FRINGE EFFECTS OF THESE WEAK DISTURBANCES. CANNOT RULE OUT AN AFTEROON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY...BUT CAN SAY BEST CHANCES WOULD BE IN EASTERN COLORADO. AS SUCH PAINTED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. 024 && .AVIATION... 1035 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 FOR THE 06Z TAFS...VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD AT KGLD. IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS ON STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45KTS JUST SOUTH OF THE KGLD TERMINAL. AM EXPECTING A 1-3 HOUR PERIOD OF THESE STRONG WINDS BEFORE SETTLING TO A 20G30KT SCENARIO FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. MAY SEE SOME HIGH BASED CB AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 21Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35KTS OR SO AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING PRODUCE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. FOR KMCK MVFR CIGS HAVE DEVELOPED ON EASTERLY WINDS. THESE CIGS SHOULD LIFT NORTH BY 09Z...OTHERWISE MAY SEE HIGH BASED CB BY 01Z LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD THURSDAY. WINDS GUSTING TO 30KTS OR SO EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST. 007 && .FIRE WEATHER... 256 AM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 THERE REMAINS FIRE WX CONCERNS THROUGH THURSDAY AS DEVELOPING SFC TROUGH WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY...BEFORE A COLD FRONT BRINGS COOLER MORE HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY. FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON HOW FAR EAST DRY LINE WILL MIX ON BOTH AFTERNOONS. THINK EASTERN COLORADO ZONES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS BOTH AFTERNOONS AND WITH MUCH LESS RAINFALL ACROSS CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO FUELS WILL MORE LIKELY BE CRITICAL THERE AS WELL. WITH FIRE WX THREAT TIED DIRECTLY TO VERY MESOSCALE FEATURE...CONFIDENCE NOT CURRENTLY HIGH ENOUGH FOR A WATCH...ALTHOUGH MAY REEVALUATE ONCE LATEST SUITE OF ENSEMBLES/6Z DATA COMES IN. JRM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1039 AM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1039 AM MDT WED JUN 1 2011 /1139 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SMALL THREAT FOR TORNADOES...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BENKELMAN NEBRASKA TO TRIBUNE KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
639 PM MDT WED JUN 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 PM HAIL DANBURY 40.04N 100.40W
06/01/2011 M1.25 INCH RED WILLOW NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
007PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
647 PM MDT WED JUN 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0644 PM HAIL 4 N LEBANON 40.11N 100.28W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH RED WILLOW NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
007PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
717 PM MDT WED JUN 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0714 PM HAIL 5 NW ALMENA 39.94N 99.77W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
007PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
736 PM MDT WED JUN 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM HAIL 7 N NORTON 39.94N 99.90W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PMURRAYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
747 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011
KSZ004-020215-
NORTON-
847 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF ALMENA...OR NEAR ALMENA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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 4000 9985 4001 9984 4001 9963 4000 9962
3980 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 241DEG 24KT 3998 9970
LOCKHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 PM MDT WED JUN 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0224 PM HAIL N NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.75 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERING GROUND.
0224 PM HAIL W NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.75 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERING GROUND.
0313 PM HAIL 13 N HILL CITY 39.55N 99.85W
06/01/2011 E1.00 INCH GRAHAM KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0315 PM TSTM WND GST 12 SW NORTON 39.71N 100.05W
06/01/2011 E60.00 MPH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0321 PM HAIL NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.25 INCH NORTON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0323 PM HAIL NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.75 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0323 PM HAIL 4 SW EDMOND 39.59N 99.87W
06/01/2011 M1.75 INCH NORTON KS COCORAHS
0324 PM HAIL W NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.75 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERING GROUND.
0325 PM HAIL 4 E NORTON 39.84N 99.82W
06/01/2011 E1.25 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0326 PM HAIL 13 N HILL CITY 39.55N 99.85W
06/01/2011 E1.75 INCH GRAHAM KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0327 PM HAIL NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 M1.25 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTH SIDE OF NORTON
0329 PM HAIL NORTON 39.84N 99.89W
06/01/2011 M2.00 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0335 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NNE HILL CITY 39.41N 99.82W
06/01/2011 GRAHAM KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM PUBLIC
0343 PM HAIL 6 N NORTON 39.92N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.25 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0347 PM HAIL SE ALMENA 39.89N 99.71W
06/01/2011 E1.00 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0357 PM HAIL 8 SSW LOGAN 39.55N 99.62W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH GRAHAM KS PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING GROUND AND STRONG WINDS.
0359 PM HAIL 6 N NORTON 39.92N 99.89W
06/01/2011 E1.00 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0447 PM HAIL ALMENA 39.89N 99.71W
06/01/2011 E1.00 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0631 PM HAIL DANBURY 40.04N 100.40W
06/01/2011 E1.00 INCH RED WILLOW NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0632 PM HAIL DANBURY 40.04N 100.40W
06/01/2011 M1.25 INCH RED WILLOW NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0637 PM HAIL E DANBURY 40.04N 100.40W
06/01/2011 E1.75 INCH RED WILLOW NE PUBLIC
0644 PM HAIL 4 N LEBANON 40.11N 100.28W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH RED WILLOW NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0714 PM HAIL 5 NW ALMENA 39.94N 99.77W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0735 PM HAIL 7 N NORTON 39.94N 99.90W
06/01/2011 E0.88 INCH NORTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
007The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof of a mobile home in Goodland was damaged and partially peeled back as strong winds developed overnight.
Part of the roof of a barn was blown off as strong winds developed overnight.
Report occurred in Sharon Springs.
Reported occurred 7 miles SW of Sharon Springs.
Report occurred 1 SSE of Wallace.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2011
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: 297161, 297163, 297164, 297165, 297166.