A large cluster of severe thunderstorms moved east from Colorado across the Kansas-Nebraska state line. Wind gusts of 70 to 90 mph resulted in roof, tree and utility pole damage.
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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.
A large cluster of severe thunderstorms moved east from Colorado across the Kansas-Nebraska state line. Wind gusts of 70 to 90 mph resulted in roof, tree and utility pole damage. Several reports of large hail up to golf ball size were received, along with isolated flash flooding.
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 2, 3:38 PM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 438 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 .DISCUSSION... 222 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 LATEST 20Z SURFACE CHART PLACES LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH A WARM FRONT DRAPED FROM SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY CO SOUTHEAST TOWARD GOVE COUNTY KS. RADAR CONTINUES TO DETECT SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST FA. THE REST OF THE FA REMAINS CAPPED. LIGHTNING DETECTION SHOWS RECENT TRENDS OF CONVECTION INITIATING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. WATER VAPOR SHOWS NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING. UPPER FLOW WILL BE WESTERLY TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT PUTTING THE REGION IN NORTHERLY FLOW. THE RIDGE BECOMES CENTERED OVER COLORADO MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT AND REMAINS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS TUESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR TONIGHT A SHORTWAVE COMES THROUGH WESTERLY FLOW. THE SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN WY WILL MOVE EAST TRIGGERING STORMS OVER THE FA. EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE ALONG WARM FRONT SHOWING UP ON 20Z SURFACE CHART. STORM COVERAGE SHOULD DEVELOP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT RETREATS. CAPE WILL RANGE FROM 1000 TO 2000 J/KG AND SHEAR AROUND 30 M/S WILL FAVOR THE NORTHWEST FA FOR SEVERE THREAT THIS EVENING. SUBSIDENCE, LACK OF MOISTURE AND WARMING H7 TEMPERATURES TO 16 C WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO WILL REMOVE POPS FOR THOSE PERIODS. WARM H7 TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE FA MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. SUBSIDENCE IS ALSO INDICATED SO WILL KEEP POPS NIL THROUGH THESE PERIODS. THE NAM SHOWS A FRONT MOVING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN FA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS GOOD FORCING WITH THE FRONT BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED SO WILL HOLD POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE. 850 TEMPERATURES INDICATE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND THEN COOLER TUESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID AND UPPER 60S. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 95 TO 100 SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND THEN COOL TO THE LOW AND MID 90S TUESDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THIS PART OF THE FORECAST ARE ACTIVE WITH SHORTWAVES COMING AROUND THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND AS IT DOES VERY WARM H7 TEMPERATURES MOVE EAST OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. PLAN TO CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. CAPPING WILL INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND THE THE SHORTWAVE TRACK WILL BE SHUNTED NORTHWARD AS THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES. POPS WILL BE NIL FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 85 TO 90 WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY AND THEN WARM FROM THE UPPER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S FRIDAY/SATURDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 60S. FS && .AVIATION... 438 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION PRIMARILY IN THE EVENING. AS STORMS MOVE EASTWARD FROM COLORADO...THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS IN THE VICINTY OF KGLD COMPARED TO KMCK. THE CAP IS STRONGER NEAR KMCK DUE TO STORMS NEAR THE TERMINAL EARLIER IN THE DAY. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AT KMCK GIVEN THE RECENT RAINFALL...THOUGH GFS AND RUC MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE TERMINAL COULD REMAIN VFR. CONDITIONS AT KMCK WILL IMPROVE AS MIXING INCREASES DURING THE MORNING HOURS. CJS && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1055 AM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1055 AM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 /1155 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HILL CITY TO TRENTON...BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD WITH NO PRECIPITATION...NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GOVE TO WRAY. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. BULLER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
707 PM MDT SAT JUL 02 2011
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0701 PM HAIL 3 S ABARR 39.81N 102.72W
07/02/2011 E1.75 INCH YUMA CO STORM CHASER
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CJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
709 PM MDT SAT JUL 02 2011
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0706 PM TSTM WND GST 13 NW ST. FRANCIS 39.90N 101.97W
07/02/2011 E65 MPH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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CJSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 728 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 KSZ013-030200- SHERMAN- 728 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 723 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOODLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3957 10152 3936 10140 3924 10182 3941 10192 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 246DEG 17KT 3936 10176 FOLTZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
730 PM MDT SAT JUL 02 2011
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0729 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW GOODLAND 39.38N 101.75W
07/02/2011 M1.50 INCH SHERMAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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CJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
735 PM MDT SAT JUL 02 2011
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0729 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW GOODLAND 39.38N 101.75W
07/02/2011 M1.50 INCH SHERMAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES
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CJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
742 PM MDT SAT JUL 02 2011
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0725 PM TSTM WND GST 12 N WHEELER 39.93N 101.71W
07/02/2011 E70 MPH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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CJSThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter reported several six-inch diameter live tree branches down.
Observer reported dime to half dollar sized hail along with heavy rain.
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